RSV 1000R Factory

Hi Guys

I am new to the group and have always had a love for the Italian Ladies :inlove
I owned a Ducati 748 Biposta before I bought the Aprilia in April this year.

But my love was short lived when only after about 250km the gearbox packed up. (Busy with a CPA Claim against Dyna by Quint, the bike shop I bought the bike from)
I had Remi from Remi tech fix the bike for me. Had to replace both shafts (slightly bent) in gearbox and 2nd and 5th gear which were badly worn. Cost me a small fortune but got bike back and was running fine until Wednesday when she started giving me issues.


I was riding normally like I always do when she started spluttering and surging all of a sudden as if she was running out of fuel.
I carried on riding thinking she will come right, but it just kept on spluttering and surging.
The Red Warning Triangle and EFI lights came on and I pulled in the clutch and pulled over switching the bike off.
Gave her a minute or two and started her up again and it was fine again until I pulled off again. The same happened again.
I then turned around and tried to ride her back home as I wasn't to far from there, but she kept on sputtering and surging.
I then tried to pull her out of that state on the straight by dragging the clutch a bit and elevating the revs above 3000/3500rpm and she started pulling fine again, but was feeling a bit of restriction on the torque but no spluttering or surging. The surging only happened below 4000rpm.

I am wondering if any of you have had a similar problem and how it was resolved.
I tried running the error code but it doesn't show anything. I have noticed my voltage reading while bike is on is only 11.7v while revving the bike at about 4000rpm, which is very low.

Any thoughts?

Much appreciated guys

Hi Ian

Thanks for the reply message.

The bike is going back to Remitech next week to sort out. I was just hoping it was something small and common which I could quickly resolve, but by the sound of it I'd rather leave it in his hands to resolve.

Much appreciated and have a great New Year. :thumbup

Hi Ian

Yes thanks I gathered that. Brown connector issue to be checked. Measure Volts on wires at connector, must be about 60v on all three points also check earth wires and battery terminals and battery condition. I will do that over the weekend, but have a feeling its the rec/reg which went. I will stick the battery on the trickle charger tonight and she what she does in the morning.

Thanks bud

Hi Ian

Tried to start her but battery was dead. So I charged battery and tried to switch her on today but clocks are blank. You can hear the fuel pump kick in but no power on cluster.
I noticed the 30amp fuse on top of the white and red wire above the battery blew. I replaced it and blew straight away without even starting the bike.

Looks like a dead short to me somwhere, but I can't see burnt wires or plugs. Any idea what it could be?

Thanks

Hi Ian

Thanks I will do that later today and see what's cooking. I just don't understand as the bike isn't even switch on when it blows the fuses. I think somewhere there is a dead short causing the fuse to blow.

Thank you

Hi Ian

Ok bike went in to Remitech (who is our Italian Bike Specialist in town) yesterday. Picked up that the stator was shot and caused the short in the electrics. Only putting out 24v/25v/1.5v on the 3 wires. I google and saw that this is a common problem with the Aprilia RSV1000R bikes. 500W stator and reg/rectifier too small to dissipate all the heat/energy which is being produced by the stator, causes the electrics to fry. I'm having the stator coil recoiled and hope it will last as I see some people recon rewinding the stator won't last.
There seems to be a few people who have come up with solutions to the problem from fitting a bigger reg/rectifier to installing a cooling system for the stator.

What are your thoughts?

I see on T12-Tech there is a conversion you can do to cool the stator. Perhaps worth the try?

Thanks

Regards
Clinton

Hi Ian

Thanks for the advise I will chat to my mechanic and see what rabbit he can pull out of the hat for me.

Much appreciated

Regards
Clinton

Hi Ian

Got bike back and the stator has been recoiled and they fitted a bigger rectifier/regulator 35amp from an R1. So I'm holding thumbs now to see if it will last?
The dash shows between 13.2 and 13.9 volts when the bike is running. I measured the battery volts when bike is off (12.6V) and when bike is running (14.1V) on the battery itself. Does it sound about right?

Thanks for all your help

Regards
Clinton