Ignition Problems

[Rik398]

Hi Folks.

Basically I have been doing alot of my own work on the bike recently such as brakes and oil changes to save some cash due to being a student and also it is quite good fun.

Anyway, although I fairly confident with what I would call mechanical tasks, I am not so good with electrical problems.

The other day the bike just cut out soon after starting. By this I mean engine shut of and the ignition does not seem to turn any aspect of the bike on, no lights no dials nothing. Although annoyingly the alarm still works i assume it is on a different circuit? I had a look at the fuse (mini blade fuses, not sure if this is the same with all bikes) and the 30 amp fuse which the digram has a picture of a key next to (I assume ignition from the pic) had blown. Now the bike is an 04 model daytona 600 and had spare 30 amp fuse so i stuck it in. After driving around a bit it was fine then the next day soon after starting the bike died again. I assumed that this was because the spare fuse supplied may have been there a while and so deteriated causing the fuse to blow too soon (perhaps should have used differnt words there ) So i got a new fuse and the same problem again, although this time it blew just as i was pulling into a parking space, so not just after starting this time.

So obviously it is not the fuse deteriation that is a problem. Any ideas what would be cuasing an ignition fuse to blow so regularly, obvioulsy there is a problem that needs fixed here.

Thanks

[sparkeh9]

possibly a regulator problem? Anyway, this should've been posted in the pitstop section Im sure a mod will move it for you

[Rik398]

Awesome stuff lol. Yeh could be regulator. Hope not though. It is kept in the drive and was through the ice and snow and stuff so could it be a dodgey wire somewhere? not too sure on the good old electrics.

[Susieque]

Moved to Pitstop as it's a more relevant section of the forum

[Rik398]

Cheers.

I think the main issue is that it could be many things, maybe something fairly simple or something more severe. Also the fact that sometimes it does it and other times its fine.

I took it to the garage just down the road and he said he would take a look but if its not something obvious then it may be better to take it to triumph. As a result I have booked it in at the nearest triumph dealer streight away, otherwise i might end up paying two people to try and fix it rather than one.

Thanks for the help though folks, it seems with electrics it can be tricky.

cheers.