Mon, 11 May 1998 22:31:45 +0200 (MET DST)
- Message No. 2955
From: Stig Petterson
Subject: My @ was dead...
Hi everybody!
Today, I experienced something strange.
When I tured the ignition key to "Start", the lights came on like usual,
the TripMeter startet like usual, and everything seemed, well, as usual.
I accidently touched the passing switch, and then everything just like
died... The lights went off, the TripMaster went off, the Starter-button
gave no respons, and even if I tured the ignition-key on/off several
times, everything stayed dead.
Ok, its probably a blown fuse, I thought, and checked them all. Hmmmm,
no. Everything seemd OK. Well.... What could it be then? I checked all
cables and connectors that I could find, but didn't find anything wrong or
loose. Heh, and *yes*, the engine stop switch was in position "RUN" ;) (I
even switched it on/off several times just in case it had a bad connection
or something.
Well, I was just going to check the battery, when I tried the ignition key
once more, and this time, everything was back to normal... She started
just like normal at the first attempt. But one thing was different; the
TripMeter was completely reset...!
I have no idea of what the reason could be. The day before, I drove 150
km. in heavy rain at about 100Km/h. She was placed in a garage over the
night, and started nomally this morning. But after work today, I
experienced the problem described. I started and stopped the engine
several times on my way home to see if the problem was gone for good, and
it seemed like it was :)
The bike is an '95-model whith 35.000km on the odometer. I've driven
4500km since I bought it 2 months ago, and have not experienced *any*
problmes at all since then :)
So, the question is: Does anybody out there have the slightest idea of
what the reason to my problems could be?
And one more thing: I almost forgot: I had another kind of strange problem
yesterday. After using the turn signal (and swiched it back off), the
"ticking-sound" from the turn-light continued. But at double speed of
whats usual for the turn-light. (The same speed as when one of the
turn-lights is blown). When I switched the turn-light back on, the ticking
continued, but at "normal" speed. It would not stop to tick before I
turend the ignition off. I didn't give it any second thoughts, so I just
went on riding. The next time i stopped, the ticking was gone...
Kind regards,
Stig P @'95
PS! If you understand Norwegian, or just want to look at some nice
pictures, visit my homepage at http://home.sol.no/~petterso/alpene/
and read/look at my tripreport from the Alps in summer '97. (I drove a
hired Triumph Tiger at that moment).

dipper@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de