CRMH Eagle
Well-known member
First, thank you to everyone who was helping. The sincerity of fellow members to assist me, and everyone else with problems, is positively awesome!
As you probably know I started two threads asking for help about my new 07 not starting:
07A Not Starting -
https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?s...mp;#entry362808
07A Not Starting Part II -
https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=100834
On Fri I talked with the service guy and he said, for the 3rd time, that it's most likely a connector, a wire that is cut or bent, or a wire grounding when it shouldn't be, or a wire that's not grounding when it should be. So I asked him of what would he do first if it was his bike. He said he'd look for a cut wire.
So yesterday we had beautiful weather in Evergreen, Co.... in the 50's. I pulled off the gas tank, fairings, and cowl for about the 7th time in the past 5 weeks. After two hours I was about to give up. Then I remembered the service guy's voice "look for a cut wire" like I was in some kind of cheesy Lord of the Rings spinoff movie. "Yes, my white wizard...at your service" was my nerdy reply. :assassin: :wizard:
I knew I had cut zip ties when I first removed the fairings so I started at that spot on the left side.
There, right in front of my eyes, was a beautiful sight.... 3 CUT WIRES!!!! :yahoo: :yahoo:
Wow, can you believe I was actually welcoming the sight of cut wires?? I wanted to run out into the street and scream for estactic joy!! :hyper:
My neighbor came out and asked the situation... and she could not believe how happy and relieved I was to have 3 cut wires on my brand new baby. She thought I was nuts!! :blink:
The 3 wires that were cut are part of a group of about 12-15 wires that come out of a larger group of wires that go into the big white connector on the left side that then go to wire la-la land.
I fixed the wires, put the shell back on, popped the battery back in. Ok, the emergency lights were working correctly. So I hit the button... MY BABY FIRED RIGHT UP like nothing was wrong!! :wubsmiley: I jumped on her and rode down the street even though the windshield, fender, and the fender fairing were off.
To those of you who share in having your bike down due to maintenance or whatever, I really feel for you and hope yours is ready to go shortly.
Ok, here's the strange twist. The bike was resting on the center stand, the side stand was down, and I didn't have to pull the clutch for it to start. I turned it off and on several times in this pattern. Weird or normal? Should I be concerned? For me, having to start it by just pressing a button while having it rest on one of the stands is fine.... I can let it warm up while I'm decking on the attire.
As you probably know I started two threads asking for help about my new 07 not starting:
07A Not Starting -
https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?s...mp;#entry362808
07A Not Starting Part II -
https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=100834
On Fri I talked with the service guy and he said, for the 3rd time, that it's most likely a connector, a wire that is cut or bent, or a wire grounding when it shouldn't be, or a wire that's not grounding when it should be. So I asked him of what would he do first if it was his bike. He said he'd look for a cut wire.
So yesterday we had beautiful weather in Evergreen, Co.... in the 50's. I pulled off the gas tank, fairings, and cowl for about the 7th time in the past 5 weeks. After two hours I was about to give up. Then I remembered the service guy's voice "look for a cut wire" like I was in some kind of cheesy Lord of the Rings spinoff movie. "Yes, my white wizard...at your service" was my nerdy reply. :assassin: :wizard:
I knew I had cut zip ties when I first removed the fairings so I started at that spot on the left side.
There, right in front of my eyes, was a beautiful sight.... 3 CUT WIRES!!!! :yahoo: :yahoo:
Wow, can you believe I was actually welcoming the sight of cut wires?? I wanted to run out into the street and scream for estactic joy!! :hyper:
My neighbor came out and asked the situation... and she could not believe how happy and relieved I was to have 3 cut wires on my brand new baby. She thought I was nuts!! :blink:
The 3 wires that were cut are part of a group of about 12-15 wires that come out of a larger group of wires that go into the big white connector on the left side that then go to wire la-la land.
I fixed the wires, put the shell back on, popped the battery back in. Ok, the emergency lights were working correctly. So I hit the button... MY BABY FIRED RIGHT UP like nothing was wrong!! :wubsmiley: I jumped on her and rode down the street even though the windshield, fender, and the fender fairing were off.
To those of you who share in having your bike down due to maintenance or whatever, I really feel for you and hope yours is ready to go shortly.
Ok, here's the strange twist. The bike was resting on the center stand, the side stand was down, and I didn't have to pull the clutch for it to start. I turned it off and on several times in this pattern. Weird or normal? Should I be concerned? For me, having to start it by just pressing a button while having it rest on one of the stands is fine.... I can let it warm up while I'm decking on the attire.
