Total loss!?!

Fogg

Joined Sep 2011

141 Posts | 0+

Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK

Discussion Starter
• Mar 11, 2012

• #1

Has anyone had any experience of your bike just cutting out for no obvious reason? It's a 2002 Mille, and i was just riding along normally (ish) and suddenly it just cut out and died, al electrics were still on and the dash still lit up but it just had a complete loss of power as if i'd hit the kill switch (i hadn't) so i stopped at the side of the road, tried the kill switch, nothing, so I turned the ignition off then back on and she fired striaght up? WTF??? and for the rest of today has been as good as gold, starting first prod, no hesitation, accelerating fine, everything seems normal, any ideas folks? :confused

 

Last edited: Mar 11, 2012

bryanthegoat

Joined Jul 2009

659 Posts | 0+

Sauchie near Stirling in Scotland

• Mar 11, 2012

• #2

Check for loose battery connections m8, i had this happen on my gen2 when i was cranked over going round a bend at 80 when the electrics cut back in the back end come round, to say i shat myself is an understatement after that the problem got worse so that it would cut out like yours,the weird bit was the dash was still lit up ,bloody weird italian electrics lol......:thumbup

 

Fogg

Joined Sep 2011

141 Posts | 0+

Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK

Discussion Starter
• Mar 11, 2012

• #3

yeah, my dash was still on too, very odd!

 

Frank O

Joined Aug 2011

10 Posts | 0+

Suffolk, U.K.

• Mar 11, 2012

• #4

Check your side stand switch. They have been known to fail and cause intermittent problem. It will give same symptom as putting stand down with bike in gear, eg:act just like a kill switch

 

rig1

Joined Aug 2008

133 Posts | 0+

perthshire,Alba

• Mar 11, 2012

• #5

Drink taken so maybe best to ignore my tuppence ....

Side stand switch is defo worth looking at , mine played funny buggers before it gave in completely. think they`re about £50 . As a last resort to get you home if you think it`s your switch take it off the stand and twist it until you`ve melled all the wires together ..start the bike and pootle off home ! If it still don`t start you`ve just wrecked your switch and you`re none the wiser ?

Good luck mate , failing that i`ld push and pull every lecky connection you can lay your hands on the tart . :dunno

 

Fogg

Joined Sep 2011

141 Posts | 0+

Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK

Discussion Starter
• Mar 26, 2012

• #6

Thanks to all, I found the culprit, the tilt sensor had fallen off it's mount, so the bike thought it was on it's side. I did the side stand switch anyway too.

 

Rtomo

Joined Apr 2011

35 Posts | 0+

• Mar 26, 2012

• #7

mine does this everynow and again, only at slow speeds and usually after a throttle blip ... like it just stalls itself, i put it down to me fluffing the blip but it sounds like i should give the electrics a going over !!

 

Warms

Joined May 2011

170 Posts | 0+

Isle Of Wight

• Mar 26, 2012

• #8

Rtomo said:

mine does this everynow and again, only at slow speeds and usually after a throttle blip ... like it just stalls itself, i put it down to me fluffing the blip but it sounds like i should give the electrics a going over !!

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Would'nt worry mate mine will do it to, also only after bliping the throttle, but only if i don't give it a proper blip, ie not a big enough one,if that makes sence, since fitting a quick action throttle there's no such thing as a small blip anymore, lol.

 

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Marsellus

Joined Mar 2011

15 Posts | 0+

• Mar 26, 2012

• #9

Mine does it from time to time too and has done since brand new, usually when I'm turning at slow speed, really quite dangerous when crossing roads or at roundabouts.

I just pull the clutch in and restart whilst rolling.

I'm told lots of big V twins do it, Ducati's, KTM's etc.

 

Rtomo

Joined Apr 2011

35 Posts | 0+

• Mar 27, 2012

• #10

Warms said:

Would'nt worry mate mine will do it to, also only after bliping the throttle, but only if i don't give it a proper blip, ie not a big enough one,if that makes sence, since fitting a quick action throttle there's no such thing as a small blip anymore, lol.

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Ooo quick action throttle ... That not really jerky? I find the standard one really lumpy on the pick up from shut off! Maybe you have better hand control than me

 

Warms

Joined May 2011

170 Posts | 0+

Isle Of Wight

• Mar 27, 2012

• #11

Rtomo said:

Ooo quick action throttle ... That not really jerky? I find the standard one really lumpy on the pick up from shut off! Maybe you have better hand control than me

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Hand control, like it , lol, No not jerky at all i would say it was smother than befor, find it alot easier to blip and use the front brake at the same time aproaching a corner,also. Takes no time to get used to it either a well worth mod in my opinion.