Hi guys,
I'm new to this forum so first of all I'd like to introduce myself.
And of course I am seeking some help but looking at the forum there seem to be plenty of guys on here who know what they're talking about, so hopefully you will be able to point me in the right direction.
I have owned an R SVR Mille since 2010, but I only rode it for about six months before lending it to a mate who had been diagnosed with a serious illness and as he had always wanted one of these bikes I thought he should have it.
The bike is a silver 2004 RSVR
Anyway, long story short but his illness is meant that he hasn't used the bike for the last two or three years and recently contacted me to say he would probably never be able to write it again so arrange for it to be shipped back to me.
It arrived back via van delivery last week and I need to recommissioned the bike and get it back on the road.
It had a completely flat battery, and flat tyres so they were the first things I addressed.
But with a new battery connected everything lights up on the dashboard as normal, but the bike won't start.
It turns over okay but it is making a sort of buzzing noise from a box under the pillion seat and it has the message "Err" on the LCD dash screen.
The bike is fitted with an alarm/immobiliser, but pressing the buttons on the key fob (battery seems okay in the fob as the light flashes on the fob) doesn't seem to either turn an alarm on or off. I seem to remember my mate saying he had disconnected it, but I'm not sure how.
Any ideas or suggestions on what fault codes I can check or how I can check them to work out how to get the bike started?
Obviously I plan to change all of the fluids and completely check everything on the bike, but at the moment it is turning over happily with the starter motor, but not firing up at all so I would like to know that it works before I start investing any money in recommissioning it.
Cheers
Marc
I'm new to this forum so first of all I'd like to introduce myself.
And of course I am seeking some help but looking at the forum there seem to be plenty of guys on here who know what they're talking about, so hopefully you will be able to point me in the right direction.
I have owned an R SVR Mille since 2010, but I only rode it for about six months before lending it to a mate who had been diagnosed with a serious illness and as he had always wanted one of these bikes I thought he should have it.
The bike is a silver 2004 RSVR
Anyway, long story short but his illness is meant that he hasn't used the bike for the last two or three years and recently contacted me to say he would probably never be able to write it again so arrange for it to be shipped back to me.
It arrived back via van delivery last week and I need to recommissioned the bike and get it back on the road.
It had a completely flat battery, and flat tyres so they were the first things I addressed.
But with a new battery connected everything lights up on the dashboard as normal, but the bike won't start.
It turns over okay but it is making a sort of buzzing noise from a box under the pillion seat and it has the message "Err" on the LCD dash screen.
The bike is fitted with an alarm/immobiliser, but pressing the buttons on the key fob (battery seems okay in the fob as the light flashes on the fob) doesn't seem to either turn an alarm on or off. I seem to remember my mate saying he had disconnected it, but I'm not sure how.
Any ideas or suggestions on what fault codes I can check or how I can check them to work out how to get the bike started?
Obviously I plan to change all of the fluids and completely check everything on the bike, but at the moment it is turning over happily with the starter motor, but not firing up at all so I would like to know that it works before I start investing any money in recommissioning it.
Cheers
Marc
