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BigGlen
10-25-2003, 04:58 PM
This morning I take the Tuono out for a ride. Then the engine starts momentarily cutting out. Then it dies completely. I hit the starter,. NOTHING. Hit it again. Nothing. Stranded on the side of the Hutchunson Parkway in Westchester County, NY!

To make a long story short:
I was able to pull off the miraculous road side repair! THANK GOD.


It turned out to be a wire BEHIND the fuse box on the right side of the instrument panel. There is a square white plastic connector on some wires comming out of the fuse box. Its a four wire connector that only has three wires run through it. Well, one of the three (blue wire, the starter/ignition!) was never achored completely in the back of the connector. I bent up the little tabs on the female sleeve and snapped it into the back of the connector. Then I re-connected it and BAM! We have ignition!

I had already called the dreaded tow truck. But I was able to call and cancel in time.

If it happens to someone else, now you know.:D :D :D
Kid Thunder
10-25-2003, 05:13 PM
Big Glen,
Thanks, that's a good one! I will remember that one.
I lost one of my high beams on my Tuono almost like that. I took the fairing off & checked the bulb. It looked good so I put in the other side, it indeed was OK. Then I checked the connector for the bulb & it was the same way. I did the same thing you did, plugged it in & it was fine! I guess this stuff does sometimes happen on these bikes.
Don
10-26-2003, 01:42 AM
I'm impressed and 'dips me lid' to ya BigGlen that you found the problem by the side of the road.

Thanks for sharing and I'll put that in the memory bank!! :p:

There was a thread on one of the forums here where the computer was resetting while riding, not starting. Maybe it was a similiar problem, lose wire at the back of a fuse??
BigGlen
10-26-2003, 06:44 AM
About a month ago I evedently got a hint of things to come:
On one Sunday ride after stopping to get something to eat, I push the starter button and NOTHING. Push it again... nothing.
I rolled the bike a little, fiddled with kickstand, nudged gear change lever, blah blah bla.....then just as suddenly, it starts for me.
I never quite new what really happened.:confused:

Now I know what it was!:D