Recently I have had the bike do what I can only describe as a hiccup whilst riding. It has on a few occasions caused me to come to a grinding halt at the side of the road but quickly restarted and on my way I went.
Well today it completely ground to a halt and failed to start again, luckily I was only on my patio so I was able to diagnose it fairly quickly and without much fuss.
First off I found that the inline 10A fuse for the alarm 12V+ feed was severely corroded and set about cleaning it up. Regrettably this was only the tip of the iceberg, the corrosion had caused pretty much all of the alarm wiring to become blackened and brittle, with the main unit connector looking very corroded indeed.
Only one option remained and that was to remove the troublesome unit completely. It took me around 15 minutes to completely remove the alarm unit and all the wiring. I have to say it had been fitted very badly and a thief could have disabled and removed the alarm unit in minutes, as I did.
The soldering was of a very poor standard and some connections where barely secured, very poor indeed. The making good after the alarm fitter had broken in to the main loom was virtually non existent and this had allowed water to enter the main wiring loom.
All in all my bike is bound to be much better off without the damn alarm, the electrics/looms have had around 2 hours of TLC from myself and looks as new if not better.
If any of you have a Meta 357 or 357 V2 alarm fitted then check your fuses now, or pay the price as I did. It's usually only a few inches away from the battery.
I will be replacing my alarm unit very soon, anyone got any recommendations?
Well today it completely ground to a halt and failed to start again, luckily I was only on my patio so I was able to diagnose it fairly quickly and without much fuss.
First off I found that the inline 10A fuse for the alarm 12V+ feed was severely corroded and set about cleaning it up. Regrettably this was only the tip of the iceberg, the corrosion had caused pretty much all of the alarm wiring to become blackened and brittle, with the main unit connector looking very corroded indeed.
Only one option remained and that was to remove the troublesome unit completely. It took me around 15 minutes to completely remove the alarm unit and all the wiring. I have to say it had been fitted very badly and a thief could have disabled and removed the alarm unit in minutes, as I did.
The soldering was of a very poor standard and some connections where barely secured, very poor indeed. The making good after the alarm fitter had broken in to the main loom was virtually non existent and this had allowed water to enter the main wiring loom.
All in all my bike is bound to be much better off without the damn alarm, the electrics/looms have had around 2 hours of TLC from myself and looks as new if not better.
If any of you have a Meta 357 or 357 V2 alarm fitted then check your fuses now, or pay the price as I did. It's usually only a few inches away from the battery.
I will be replacing my alarm unit very soon, anyone got any recommendations?
