Was on my way home from work last night, a bit of rain but nothing i havent riden in or experienced before. Heading down a very dangrous country lane, my dash and all electrics went off. Bike still running. Then the headlight was flickering on and off, still no dash lights or rear light.
I managed another 300yards before the whole thing died on me. Silly fly by wire electric throttle gave me no control or anything.
So there i am stuck, middle of dangerous lane, pitch black…:w00t: Managed to quickly push it onto a drive and knocked on the doo. Guy couldnt hav been more nicer, hot cup of tea and a general discussion putting the world to right standing in his porch. (massive thanks to the guy for his help/life advice and boiling hot tongue scalding tea)
Time passed and i tried my luck. Bingo. All lit up and i rode away. Made it 3 miles and it died on the A21.
1half hours waiting for recovery. Got home around 1am. Gutted.
Yet another thing wrong with the R6. Such terrible build quality, i really wish i had a Honda 6rr or balde.
Anyway. Error 46 on the dash along with error 50.
Any clues??
Water in electrics? Dodgy connection? Rectifier? new battery in Jan 10.
true, good shout. Seems odd that i ride it every day but when it rained and it was pouring down in Biggin Hill last night, is the time it decides…GAME OVER
I can feel a long night in the shed coming up!! Hopefully its a simple, loose connection, leaking rear light (had issues last year with it filling up with water…hmmm…mind in overload now)
hmmm. Unrealiable… Kinda just needs abit of money spent on it all at once.
new cam chain tensioner, fork seal popped last sunday, electric issues for a little while on and off. strange engine noise at high revs, front brake reserviour burst/leaked, blew a battery, clutch went at xmas, err…
a few more. i understand some of it is general wear and tear, just all seems to happen at once. The build quality i have found when working on her is shocking. Had Honda 600rr before and it was brillaint quality and felt really well made.
they reckon cam chain tensioner goes about 12-15 thou. im on 12thou. All Yam dealers i have spoken to know the issues with the R6 and electrics. Its been ok, just littel niggels and this big issue last night.
Front fork seal was worn out slightly by me and my wheelie fetish, but it popped other week out with Mel, smashed hard into a pothole, no chance of missing it, oil everywhere.
I spend alot of time in the summer, greasing, oiling and general maintanence on it cos i bought it second hand, 1700miles, mint condition! but started working on it and found very littel axle grease, and lubing etc all over the bike.
In terms of the clutch. comes down to wheelie abuse too. But it went at 10thou, standard life is about 12-14thou apparently.
So not too bad, just alot of meny seems to be needed to chuck at it at once. Frustrating as this money was meant for a blade!!
Got home last night adn set to work. Took the seat and rear section off. The battery and wiring hareness area was drenched. all connectors filled with water.
I learnt very early on in life that water and electricity don’t mix!
I was glad to find the water and set about drying her out. AF50 and lots of WD40 later along will lashings of vaseline on all connectors I was ready to go.
She started first time after being on optimate over night.
All holes/large panel gaps and water letting in problem areas have been sorted.
I hope some of the issue’s were sorted for the '08 model. touch wood since I’ve owned it (sept '09 with 750 miles on the clock) nothing has ever gone wrong (4.5k miles on the clock now).
do you have a single seat cowl on instead of the passenger seat? could it be that these leak and allow water through?
Now drop it.
