Please Help Troubleshoot
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 8:25 pm
I - I bought a second hand Forza yesterday - and I am having strange electrical problems.
1) The bike struggles at starting, asif the starter struggles to turn the motor. However sometimes it starts straight away.
2) The dial selfcheck - that happens when the dials fire up when the ignition is in the ON position, would occur, occassionally, whilst driving.
3) When the bike has run a few kilometers, and has been switched off, (the engine is warm), it seems that the circuits acts up when it needs to restart:
i) The dials selfcheck - and freeze in the middle of the check - so that they are all 'stuck' in the optimum full position.
and/or
ii) there is a small click and then everything goes dead on the dash
iii) there is a small click and the dials are lit up but starter does not 'kick in' to start the motor.
iv) The dash is completely dead and nothing lights up at all - or Suddenly flashes to life and then dies or flashes to life and stays lit.
v) I noticed a very peculiar thing - when the ignition is on - and the dash lights is dead - sometimes tilting the bike at an angle will make the electric circuits jump back to life...and the dash lights will come on again, the way they should.
vi) This morning - second day of ownership - I had the ABS light coming on somewhere during the trip and flashing on. I did not have this yesterday.
Apart from the ABS - the strange dash/startup/self check behaviour seems to be random. Once the bike has run a few miles and needs restarting - and repeating the starting process a few times... any number of the above may happen in random order, and then suddenly I may get lucky and the engine reluctantly churns into action - asif powered by a flat battery.
Now here is the thing... the bike is under guarantee - BUT and this is a biggie - I live in Thailand - and Im not sure the mechanics will understand what Ive just told you - cause their English is not great.
Even if they do - most local mechanics are notorious for being unable to troubleshoot a problem accurately. Their solution is usually just to start replacing parts untill everything works again...
As for troubleshooting - what are your thoughts ?
1) The bike struggles at starting, asif the starter struggles to turn the motor. However sometimes it starts straight away.
2) The dial selfcheck - that happens when the dials fire up when the ignition is in the ON position, would occur, occassionally, whilst driving.
3) When the bike has run a few kilometers, and has been switched off, (the engine is warm), it seems that the circuits acts up when it needs to restart:
i) The dials selfcheck - and freeze in the middle of the check - so that they are all 'stuck' in the optimum full position.
and/or
ii) there is a small click and then everything goes dead on the dash
iii) there is a small click and the dials are lit up but starter does not 'kick in' to start the motor.
iv) The dash is completely dead and nothing lights up at all - or Suddenly flashes to life and then dies or flashes to life and stays lit.
v) I noticed a very peculiar thing - when the ignition is on - and the dash lights is dead - sometimes tilting the bike at an angle will make the electric circuits jump back to life...and the dash lights will come on again, the way they should.
vi) This morning - second day of ownership - I had the ABS light coming on somewhere during the trip and flashing on. I did not have this yesterday.
Apart from the ABS - the strange dash/startup/self check behaviour seems to be random. Once the bike has run a few miles and needs restarting - and repeating the starting process a few times... any number of the above may happen in random order, and then suddenly I may get lucky and the engine reluctantly churns into action - asif powered by a flat battery.
Now here is the thing... the bike is under guarantee - BUT and this is a biggie - I live in Thailand - and Im not sure the mechanics will understand what Ive just told you - cause their English is not great.
Even if they do - most local mechanics are notorious for being unable to troubleshoot a problem accurately. Their solution is usually just to start replacing parts untill everything works again...
As for troubleshooting - what are your thoughts ?