Graaaahhhhh buggery FXR bollocks

[jrandom]

My ignition circuit lay down and took a permanent nap about 2km before the Te Atatu offramp on the NW motorway this evening. Fortunately, I had enough forward momentum to coast across two lanes with the clutch in, frantically making 'outta the way!' signs at the cage drivers in my path.

And since Transit, in its infinite wisdom, saw fit not to provide the motorway bridge immediately before the offramp with any shoulder space, I had to push the FXR several hundred meters back down the motorway to get onto the pushbike track that goes across the bridge to the turn-off, and then push it another 4 km or so home.

Dr Bob and/or Big Dog have no idea (well, they will have *now*) how terribly, terribly close one of them came to housing a well-kicked and sworn at FXR overnight, before I decided that I might as well get some exercise while I had the opportunity and take it the rest of the way home.

Anyway, my father-in-law, praised be he, came past in his Landcruiser as I was sweating my way down Te Atatu road and gave me a rope-around-the-forks tow for the rest of the distance.

And I'm off out the back now, to prod at my fusey bits. If that doesn't work, expect a pathetic plea for electromechanical help on this forum in short order.

[Hitcher]

Good to see you starting to return to form, Jrandom. I was worried about the effect the latest bump to your head may have had. Still some room for improvement, but encouraging signs showing.

[NC]

Time to trade it in, me thinks.

[erik]

Just a guess, but with all the rain we've had today, maybe it's shorting out the sparkplug lead?
You could try drying it a bit with a cloth or something and spraying some CRC or WD40 into the plug cap if there is water in it.
I've done this before on a car where the engine had been steam cleaned and one of the cylinders wasn't firing. There was water in the sparkplug cap between a rubber boot and the plastic bit, and it was a bit dirty, and the spark was tracking through the water and out the side of the cap onto the cylinder head.

[dhunt]

Time to trade it in, me thinks.

What are on about??? That would be criminal to sell the poor FXR, after you've been through so much together.

Hopefully it's a simple fix, and not the lots $$$ fix.

[NC]

What are on about??? That would be criminal to sell the poor FXR, after you've been through so much together.

Hopefully it's a simple fix, and not the lots $$$ fix.

Ok, fair enough. The bike should sell the rider and get a better one

[Antallica]

What's the point in selling anyway, the Fixxer is worth more in it's usefulness than it's value.

[riffer]

Hmmm. A suzuki with electrical problems. Who would have thought that would happen? :sly:

Its horrid when your pride and joy is giving you grief.

Hope you get it sorted soon jr.

[Motu]

What time was that? If I pass a stranded biker I like to do it on purpose,not by accident.Check your cut out switch - I've come across very bright computer geeks who sometimes hit them by mistake,easy to do if you're stupid.Disconnect the thing completely,they can short out to earth internaly.Start out with the easy stuff like that first,then confuse yourself by degrees.

[jrandom]

It was just the fuse in my ignition circuit gone 'boom'. Replaced fuse, fixed. I rather fancy the 'rain shorting sparkplug lead' theory, or something similar, particularly given that the poor wee thing's a bit battered and leaky following its recent pounding.

Heads up all n00bs and numpties, such as myself: know where your fuses are, and what they break current to. I had to get home and look it up in my owner's manual before I could fix it; it should have been a simple 5-minute roadside job with the handy-dandy underseat Suzuki toolkit.

I have a spare 30 amp fuse in my wallet now, and I know where to put it...

What time was that? If I pass a stranded biker I like to do it on purpose,not by accident. Check your cut out switch - I've come across very bright computer geeks who sometimes hit them by mistake,easy to do if you're stupid. Disconnect the thing completely,they can short out to earth internaly.

The bike took a nap at about 1745. I was pushing it for a further hour or so.

The cut-out switch was the first thing I tried on the side of the motorway. Twiddled it, disconnected the connections off the back of it, shorted the wires to the connections off the back of it in case it operated by *breaking* a circuit and had fallen apart internally, no joy.

[jrandom]

Its horrid when your pride and joy is giving you grief.

Innit just.

Good thing the FXR's not my pride and joy. It's just my unwashed, much-abused transport appliance.

It'd be rather nice to afford a two-wheeled pride-and-joy-mobile, but there *are* certain advantages to owning a motorcycle that you don't really care about in any sense other than its ongoing ability to proceed forwardsly.

[jrandom]

Good to see you starting to return to form, Jrandom.

In relation to breaking down, being fit enough to push a 120kg motorcycle four kilometers (ie, not particularly), or managing to avoid spelling errors in my post?

I was worried about the effect the latest bump to your head may have had.

It's OK. I bounce.

[Bonez]

It was just the fuse in my ignition circuit gone 'boom'. Replaced fuse, fixed. I rather fancy the 'rain shorting sparkplug lead' theory, or something similar, particularly given that the poor wee thing's a bit battered and leaky following its recent pounding.

Did you give the loom good going over to check for frayed wires? Also check to see if the battery in good condition if you haven't already done so. Glad you found the "problem".

[jrandom]

Glad you found the "problem".

I didn't. Fuse popped again 50 metres from my front door this morning.

Back to the old drawing board...

[Hitcher]

Mrs H had a similar fuse problem with her almost brand-new Marauder earlier this year. And it was in the Tangarakau Gorge! Amen to knowing where your fuses are!