Fri, 13 Aug 1999 16:27:47 +0100 - Message No. 6247
From: Hernani Pedroso

Subject: Re: (RD07 '94-'95) tripmaster going mad



Hi,

I had the same problem a last month. It had a quite simple reason and a
quite cheap solution in my case. The fuse was broken, but it was so
slightly broken that was very hard (almost impossible) to see and worked
from time to time (depending on the vibrations). Also in my case, even when
the tripmaster was not showing anything it remained lit.

The problem was found by my mechanic in a couple of minutes (damn, I lost
some many time checking everything). He had a similar problem with an @ in
the past.

He showed me the fuse that was broken. Even knowing that it was broken was
very hard to see. The best way to detect the failure was to pull one of the
metal sides and verify that the other size didn't moved too.

I hope this can help you,

Hernani Pedroso

At 06:46 13-08-1999 -0700, you wrote:
>hello again,
>
>have not been on-line for about a year now, in the meantime I moved 
>countries, I quit my job and doing my military service, changed girlfriend 
>and dragged her to Greece with me, etc. There is only on thing that remains 
>the same. My @!
>
>Which I must say does give me some hard times lately, maybe cause I am not 
>taking care of her (lack of money...). The trip master is switching on and 
>off, randomly, I cannot find a pattern. It does not seem like a loose 
>connection, in both battery and trip master ends, and the fuses seem to be 
>OK. It usually works when I start the bike, but -most of the time- showing 
>all zeros (reset). After a few minutes or sometimes even seconds, it just 
>switches off, although the screen is lit!!!! From then on, it switches on 
>and off without any obvious pattern (sometimes it is connected with how much 
>I am opening the throttle, but I am not sure).
>
>I have a fear that it has something to do with a simple alarm I have 
>installed myself (hmm...), a so called "Solalarm" with which our Brits 
>members will be familiar with. After the very simple installation, I must 
>admit, my left indicator is flashing very quickly, like there was I burnt 
>fuse. I changed fuses, with no results. I disconnected the alarm, no 
>difference.
>
>I dont know what else to do. Any ideas??
>
>By the way, a huge sorry to all the people in Greece, England and France, 
>that we lost contact, but you dont get much internet access in a Air Force 
>training camp!!!
>
>A huge thank you to any ideas that you might have.
>
>Cheers
>
>George, #207, RD07 '94-'95
>
>
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Hernani Pedroso		#579
Black RD07 - 1998
Coimbra - Portugal

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