Broken down tonight!

[Mitch9128]

[quote author=Big_al_+_kate link=1331761840/6#6 date=1331766584]grief,,hope i didnt curse you when we talked about your bike and how poor the lights seem to be

Good point Al, your fault for upsetting my bike then again Dennis did sit on it earlier so maybe it was that after all :P

Any ideas on best way to protect the electrics from the damp/wet? I seem to have a fair bit exposed under the tank :-[[/quote]

I used to be a Bandit fan, they are so weak in this area, arcing and carb icing in fog and wet weather, in the end i got sick of breaking down and went the full faired route. There seemed to be sod all really you could do to protect the HT leads in the wet, not sure apart from mastic maybe around the fuse box holes/routes in?

[Squashed_Fly]

You could try this stuff

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_255221

I used to use it on my RS125 which didn't like starting on cold, foggy & damp mornings...

[Caz]

Dan I know this is after the fact but have you thought about breakdown cover :P

[Dan505]

what do you think it could be jon?
yes caz it crossed my mind last night!

[Red Zed 1]

its possible you have a wiring fault,either a bad earth or maybe a wire shorting out on the frame,,would be a nightmare to trace but i have a similar sounding wiring fault on my gpz500 and i still cant find it(engine dies if i switch the lights off!!!)

[Dan505]

Had the wiring traced by garage, they say no faults with electrics/earths and may just be the exposed wiring. Time to learn how to lift the tank and cover these up :-/

[Jon_W]

I'd check the earths and the condition of the battery.

[Dan505]

Battery is 5 weeks old and garage said all electrics on bike are solid, gonna lift tank in bit and check earths myself and tape up these wires

[Morticia]

Should have waited for me to finish work and tag along with you, then the AA would have sorted it :P

No, seriously, glad you're ok. That's happened to me too many times and it's scary as! Luckily I have my mechanic (AKA my boyfriend ;D) on speed dial, so he tends to help. A LOT!

[Dan505]

would you have noticed me disappearing behind you!? [smiley=lolk.gif]

makes you think a bit when it happens thats for sure

Lifted the tank tonight with mate and electrics underneath all look good :-/ but tank won't reseat properly now and slighty rocks side to side :-? i so don't know anything about what goes on under the seat... :-/