Scorpio54
New Member
Hello guys (and girls) Can I firstly apologise if this has been asked before.... I have scoured the internet and have come up with some similar problems as my own , 1 or 2 addressed on this forum, but not with the same solution (just my luck!) . If I give a bit of background on the bike it may help.....
I bought the bike recently as a winter work hack, its an NC700X on a year 2012. it has highish mileage at 46,000. When I bought the bike it started and run with no issues. I bought the bike cheapish as it has 15 failures on the MOT most of which I feel capable of repairing myself. The bike has almost full service history, but is extremely cosmetically challenged and filthy, its been well used as a work horse.
So far I have stripped off most of the fairing, degreased and jet washed off (carefully) most of the crud on the underside and sides of the bike (battery removed). I also removed a naff heated handlebar grip set up) Three of the MOT failures related to electrical faults (horn and brake lights working intermittently) so, I set about with a fully charged and tested battery, running at just under 13V to address the electrical problems, on turning on the ignition, the whole system is dead, no drain/change in the battery with ignition on or off.
I have double checked ALL of the fuses which are intact and all in clean bright condition (also checked the 30amp starter relay fuse, good). I have checked all of the wiring I can find which appears unmolested and in good condition, all earth points are sound. I have spent hours trying to find the fault with no luck :-( my last place to check is obviously going to be the ignition switch, which looks like the front fairing will have to come off.........
The only course of action if I cannot find any faults with the switch is to take the bike to an auto electrician, I am just starting back to work which is what I need the bike for, so could really do without the expense, so if anyone out there could help me I would be extremely grateful in advance for any assistance. (I have a multi tester, which I can use on basic testing, but I am certainly no expert on in depth testing of electrical circuitry)
Again, sorry for the long winded story, but sometimes more info is better than less. I hope! stay well all.
I bought the bike recently as a winter work hack, its an NC700X on a year 2012. it has highish mileage at 46,000. When I bought the bike it started and run with no issues. I bought the bike cheapish as it has 15 failures on the MOT most of which I feel capable of repairing myself. The bike has almost full service history, but is extremely cosmetically challenged and filthy, its been well used as a work horse.
So far I have stripped off most of the fairing, degreased and jet washed off (carefully) most of the crud on the underside and sides of the bike (battery removed). I also removed a naff heated handlebar grip set up) Three of the MOT failures related to electrical faults (horn and brake lights working intermittently) so, I set about with a fully charged and tested battery, running at just under 13V to address the electrical problems, on turning on the ignition, the whole system is dead, no drain/change in the battery with ignition on or off.
I have double checked ALL of the fuses which are intact and all in clean bright condition (also checked the 30amp starter relay fuse, good). I have checked all of the wiring I can find which appears unmolested and in good condition, all earth points are sound. I have spent hours trying to find the fault with no luck :-( my last place to check is obviously going to be the ignition switch, which looks like the front fairing will have to come off.........
The only course of action if I cannot find any faults with the switch is to take the bike to an auto electrician, I am just starting back to work which is what I need the bike for, so could really do without the expense, so if anyone out there could help me I would be extremely grateful in advance for any assistance. (I have a multi tester, which I can use on basic testing, but I am certainly no expert on in depth testing of electrical circuitry)
Again, sorry for the long winded story, but sometimes more info is better than less. I hope! stay well all.