thunderace electrics shorted and bike is dead

[Guest]

Hi

i have just completed a comfort mod for my thunderace ( raised bars) and everything was fine except for the rev counter keeping going to 8000rpm and then resetting,

anyway i went to go out today and the bike was running i was just about to head of and i switched the lights on and ........ everything died, everything nothing works atall!!! no lights beeps nothing!! my alarm did some freeky stuff beeping and then that died!

i checked all fuses nothing wrong, no smell of burning anywhere!

i checked battery that is still ok

any help would be great

i think that maybe the light unit switch may have shorted on the bars? but on my first ride it didnt do this!

is there something else that can pop?

[Stu]

How did you check the fuses?

If you just looked it might be worth checking them with a multimeter as I have had it before where they look good but they have actually blown

[Guest]

How did you check the fuses?

If you just looked it might be worth checking them with a multimeter as I have had it before where they look good but they have actually blown

 

i replaced fuses with spare ones just in case

thing is everything is dead no power anywhere, except my hotgrips which is wired direct to battery.

[Tango]

I think you need to check for trapped wires around the handlebar switch gears.....I think something is shorting out somewhere. Changing the fuses is OK unless you have a dead short somewhere and the fuse in that circuit will blow straight away. I take it that the kill switch is OK?. Without a wiring circuit for that bike it's difficult to diagnose remotely..... I'd be inclined to wrap some electrical insulation tape around the bars under where the switches sit to see if that will isolate them.....

[Guest Hodgy]

On some bikes there is a master fuse on the starter solonoid, have you checked to see if there's one on yours?

[Stu]

That was my next one hodgy

[Guest Hodgy]

Haha, great minds eh?

[Guest]

I think you need to check for trapped wires around the handlebar switch gears.....I think something is shorting out somewhere. Changing the fuses is OK unless you have a dead short somewhere and the fuse in that circuit will blow straight away. I take it that the kill switch is OK?. Without a wiring circuit for that bike it's difficult to diagnose remotely..... I'd be inclined to wrap some electrical insulation tape around the bars under where the switches sit to see if that will isolate them.....

 

thanks for your replies i found the problem was a corroded connection on the main fuse bank, and it had blown the fuse aswell but didnt see them fuses as they were hidden behind the fairing.

cheers

[Tango]

Glad you got it sorted mate....and thanks for letting us know what it was.....always good info if someone else runs into a similar problem in the future.....