Hello y'all,
I am writing here to call upon your knowledge.
Today, I was riding my '02 SV650 on highway 1 along the Pacific Coast. In the middle of my trip, the computer display started acting funny. It would show, all of a sudden, a speed of 186mph while I really was going around 75mph. I slowed down and the speedo went down to around 150mph.
Then for some reason I pulled the clutch, hoping that something would happen. Something happened: the engine just stopped, the display went off. I released the clutch slowly and the engine went back on, I rode for another half mile until I found a safe place to stop on the side of the road. I turned the bike off.
Now, nothing happens when the ignition key is switched from "off" to "on". The display won't turn on, no power seems to be coming from the battery.
A friend was riding with me, hopefully. Our first idea was to check the battery: we connected his battery to my bike but nothing changed.
Then as it seemed like the problem is not something we can figure out quickly, we worried about getting the bike home, which took us about two hours. A very nice owner of a Ford F-150 accepted to go out of his way to bring the bike back to Palo Alto.
Now it's dark and there is almost no light at the dump where I live so I decided to wait until tomorrow before looking more into the problem. I thought it might be a good idea to describe the problem to you guys. Maybe those symptoms are familiar to one of you. In such a case, please feel free to share your experience with me.
As for me, my next idea is that a fuse may be blown. That would explain why the computer/display stays off when turning the ignition on. But, if it is indeed a blown fuse, it means that there is a serious underlying electrical problem (regulator/rectifier maybe?); a replacement fuse may well melt if that problem is not fixed.
Anyway, thanks a lot in advance for your help. I hope my english was clear enough and apologize for any mistakes I may have made - I am french, and unlike my fellow contrymen, I do not want to surrender that quickly to my motorcycle problem.
Best,
--
David.
I am writing here to call upon your knowledge.
Today, I was riding my '02 SV650 on highway 1 along the Pacific Coast. In the middle of my trip, the computer display started acting funny. It would show, all of a sudden, a speed of 186mph while I really was going around 75mph. I slowed down and the speedo went down to around 150mph.
Then for some reason I pulled the clutch, hoping that something would happen. Something happened: the engine just stopped, the display went off. I released the clutch slowly and the engine went back on, I rode for another half mile until I found a safe place to stop on the side of the road. I turned the bike off.
Now, nothing happens when the ignition key is switched from "off" to "on". The display won't turn on, no power seems to be coming from the battery.
A friend was riding with me, hopefully. Our first idea was to check the battery: we connected his battery to my bike but nothing changed.
Then as it seemed like the problem is not something we can figure out quickly, we worried about getting the bike home, which took us about two hours. A very nice owner of a Ford F-150 accepted to go out of his way to bring the bike back to Palo Alto.
Now it's dark and there is almost no light at the dump where I live so I decided to wait until tomorrow before looking more into the problem. I thought it might be a good idea to describe the problem to you guys. Maybe those symptoms are familiar to one of you. In such a case, please feel free to share your experience with me.
As for me, my next idea is that a fuse may be blown. That would explain why the computer/display stays off when turning the ignition on. But, if it is indeed a blown fuse, it means that there is a serious underlying electrical problem (regulator/rectifier maybe?); a replacement fuse may well melt if that problem is not fixed.
Anyway, thanks a lot in advance for your help. I hope my english was clear enough and apologize for any mistakes I may have made - I am french, and unlike my fellow contrymen, I do not want to surrender that quickly to my motorcycle problem.
Best,
--
David.