Hi all, just joined up to this site and looking forward to a load of useful information coming my way. Isn't education a wonderful thing, as my old dad used to say.
I do however have a problem of my own that I hope someone might be able to help with. I own a 2005 Tuono, which has had very little running - around 4000miles. I moved to France three years ago and shipped the bike out here with all my other belongings. I had it fully serviced and new tyres fitted before leaving Scotland. I rode it around a bit on UK plates, but haven't used it for the last two years, since I moved to a new house and started the process of registering it in France.
During this period it has been connected to a battery optimiser and checked regularly to see that all is well. Finally it made it through it's registration in France, so I brought it through to my main garage to clean, check and prepare it for the day the insurance is ready.... and now the damned thing won't start! When I turn the ignition key the dash is dead - no action. Like the battery is dead. I've checked the battery and the fuses, and all are okay. So too are all the obvious connectors. The Rev counter needle flickers when I tun of the ignition again, but that's as much life as the dash shows. I faffed about with some switches yesterday - you know that desperate notion that 'will power' will fix any problem. It didn't, but the side stand warning light did glow pathetically for a while.
Has anyone got any ideas about what might have gone wrong? Help - I want to use my bike again!!!
I do however have a problem of my own that I hope someone might be able to help with. I own a 2005 Tuono, which has had very little running - around 4000miles. I moved to France three years ago and shipped the bike out here with all my other belongings. I had it fully serviced and new tyres fitted before leaving Scotland. I rode it around a bit on UK plates, but haven't used it for the last two years, since I moved to a new house and started the process of registering it in France.
During this period it has been connected to a battery optimiser and checked regularly to see that all is well. Finally it made it through it's registration in France, so I brought it through to my main garage to clean, check and prepare it for the day the insurance is ready.... and now the damned thing won't start! When I turn the ignition key the dash is dead - no action. Like the battery is dead. I've checked the battery and the fuses, and all are okay. So too are all the obvious connectors. The Rev counter needle flickers when I tun of the ignition again, but that's as much life as the dash shows. I faffed about with some switches yesterday - you know that desperate notion that 'will power' will fix any problem. It didn't, but the side stand warning light did glow pathetically for a while.
Has anyone got any ideas about what might have gone wrong? Help - I want to use my bike again!!!
