Hi all, here for a bit of technical advice.
I've got an '01 RSVR, and it's always been a bit of a pain to start in cold weather. I uprated the battery and thought I'd got my starting technique pretty well down.
Anyhow, this morning I turned it on, all lit up fine, it was a bit sheepish on the started button so I gave it a little bit of throttle (choke was on) which turned it over, it then backfired twice and suddenly no electrics. At all, no dash, or even a click when the key turns.
My first thought was to check the fuses by the clocks but they're all fine. I don't know what else would go like that and kill all the electrics. Can anyone give me some places to look into?
Also, I know big twins are never going to be that happy cold starting, but this one really does seem a nightmare, even with a stronger fully charged battery. I'm assuming there's some deeper problem in the set-up somewhere but I'm not really sure what that would be, the bike runs beautifully once it's come to life.
Anyhows, at the moment it's sat in the garage dead as a dodo. Hope someone has some ideas.
I've got an '01 RSVR, and it's always been a bit of a pain to start in cold weather. I uprated the battery and thought I'd got my starting technique pretty well down.
Anyhow, this morning I turned it on, all lit up fine, it was a bit sheepish on the started button so I gave it a little bit of throttle (choke was on) which turned it over, it then backfired twice and suddenly no electrics. At all, no dash, or even a click when the key turns.
My first thought was to check the fuses by the clocks but they're all fine. I don't know what else would go like that and kill all the electrics. Can anyone give me some places to look into?
Also, I know big twins are never going to be that happy cold starting, but this one really does seem a nightmare, even with a stronger fully charged battery. I'm assuming there's some deeper problem in the set-up somewhere but I'm not really sure what that would be, the bike runs beautifully once it's come to life.
Anyhows, at the moment it's sat in the garage dead as a dodo. Hope someone has some ideas.
if you had blown the whole thing more likely one part of the circuit maybe but not the whole thing. As an aside I am fairly sure you should avoid too much if any throttle on startup 
