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[krisshimmin]

Greetings everyone,

I just wanted to Introduce myself. My name is Kris, I'm an aircraft technician and I own a 2003 Tuono 1000. After I decided to fulfill my ambition of getting my motorbike license, I eventually got around to it and passed in late 2012 and purchased my first bike. Me and my biking mate went shopping for me my first bike and we stumbled upon a 2008 Tuono Factory which he ended up buying. (Way out of my price range!) After we visited a couple more bike shops to no avail we tried one more. As fate would have it, as we walked in the shop there was what became my first bike on a podium, displayed like some trophy, a 2003 Tuono RSV in red. After a 5 minute talk with the salesman and a peruse through the history I paid my deposit and 2 weeks later I picked her up.

After a good first season on my T last year I am sickened to say I have hit a problem. Towards the latter end of last year I rode to work and as I was pulling in to park up it cut out. I tried to restart it and after a minute or so of hesitation it fired back up ran fine. However, I rode it home and now all I get when I turn the ignition on the fuel pump relay ticks and the fuel pump won't prime. I am gutted to say the least.

Thats me in a nut shell.

Thanks for a great forum.

Kris

 

[phatcat]

Great intro K, welcome on board.

 

[grin factor]

Welcome to the forum bud.

 

[brooksy]

Great intro K, welcome on board.

not so sure about that myself :hmm2: but welcome anyway

 

[Aldo]

Welcome mucker.

Sounds like time to investigate.

 

[hilift]

welcome to the forum kris. another naarfuck boy !! that probably makes 4 or 5 of us now and all well spread out !!!

 

[redratbike]

now all I get when I turn the ignition on the fuel pump relay ticks and the fuel pump won't prime. I am gutted to say the least.


Kris

i'd invest in a new battery for starters..or make sure yours is fully charged..befroe you try starting it .have you had it on an optimate over winter?

remember a knackered battery = a knackered sprag clutch which = $$$$$$$$

 

[krisshimmin]

Actually i'm Yorkshire Born and bred. Lived in West yorkshire my whole life up until 2 years ago when I was posted to this god for saken flat land!

Will look in to the battery, although I have my doubts because it turns over fine and will fire up randomly and idle lovely. It's this fuel pump relay thats causing the start issue as it's not powering up the fuel pump.
why would the battery stop the relay energising? Surely it would use much more current turning the starter motor than energising a relay?

I will check the connections for corrosion and earth points first for anything obvious. The battery has been on a trickle charge and I gave it a good charge at the weekend. I'm not cancelling out the battery or saying I know best but I'll start with the simple things before I start throwing money at it unnecessarily.

 

[OlafTuono]

Spoken like a true Yorkshireman.

 

[krisshimmin]

Engine stop relay. Luckily I had a spare so it cost me £0 to fix.

 

[YevJenko]

I love fixes like that