A little story that might help others:
I've got a 2006 RSV and every now and then my starter wouldn't turn (just clicked) and the ignition would eventually die. Then if I turned it on and off a few times it would start. The backlighting on my dash would sometimes work and sometimes not. I checked everything out with a DMM (Digital Multi Meter) and all was well so took the battery out and changed it for a High Ampere Type and Bingo! New battery always on an optimate and all was well for months then yesterday the same thing but this time completely dead. So out comes the DMM again, checked the voltage at the battery which was fine. Then tried the -ve terminal of battery to frame and found a resistance of 300 Ohms. Waggled the ground lead and it went to 0 Ohms. The bike turned on and started but when I tried again it just clicked and the dash went dead. Bought a ground lead from Halfords strapped it on from battery to frame and now its perfect. Even the backlighting to the dash has got brighter. So obviously the original ground lead is fractured somewhere causing it to intermittently go high in resistance under load.
If your having any electrical problems clean all your terminals and strap another ground lead on before you try anything else. It' dead simple and costs £5 or you can make your own but make sure it is heavy duty.
I've got a 2006 RSV and every now and then my starter wouldn't turn (just clicked) and the ignition would eventually die. Then if I turned it on and off a few times it would start. The backlighting on my dash would sometimes work and sometimes not. I checked everything out with a DMM (Digital Multi Meter) and all was well so took the battery out and changed it for a High Ampere Type and Bingo! New battery always on an optimate and all was well for months then yesterday the same thing but this time completely dead. So out comes the DMM again, checked the voltage at the battery which was fine. Then tried the -ve terminal of battery to frame and found a resistance of 300 Ohms. Waggled the ground lead and it went to 0 Ohms. The bike turned on and started but when I tried again it just clicked and the dash went dead. Bought a ground lead from Halfords strapped it on from battery to frame and now its perfect. Even the backlighting to the dash has got brighter. So obviously the original ground lead is fractured somewhere causing it to intermittently go high in resistance under load.
If your having any electrical problems clean all your terminals and strap another ground lead on before you try anything else. It' dead simple and costs £5 or you can make your own but make sure it is heavy duty.
