manwithredbike
27-08-2020, 11:25 PM
I know a few on here ride scramblers, and i'm guessing the electrics might be similar to monster from the same era?
Bad week for my friend and his 2017 803cc flat track pro. He unintentionally drained the battery last week leaving the ignition on for a few days and then accidentally connected a charger on reversed polarity. Now, with a fully charged battery, ignition on, all fine until we press the start button. The relays (main, fuel pump and starter solenoid) cycle on and off, not a fast chattering on and off, but a steady rythmic on/off. everything else, clock display, lights etc goes dead (off and on) at the same rythm as the relays, and the starter doesn't turn.
When we turn on the ignition and jump the starter solenoid terminals, the bike fires up and runs fine, so the problem seems to be located in the starter circuit somewhere. All circuits lead back to the control unit so it's difficult to fault find without a schematic of the actual control unit.
The question is, could the reverse polarity have damaged the control unit or some other device connected to it. The ignition was off when the reverse voltage was applied though there are a number of items connected to the battery pre-ignition.
Would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions to help sort it and whether you know anyone who would test the control unit if we need to do that.
Would also be good if anyone knew where we could get a look at a schematic of the control unit. We already have the schematic of the bike wiring.
Thanks in advance -- Phil
Bad week for my friend and his 2017 803cc flat track pro. He unintentionally drained the battery last week leaving the ignition on for a few days and then accidentally connected a charger on reversed polarity. Now, with a fully charged battery, ignition on, all fine until we press the start button. The relays (main, fuel pump and starter solenoid) cycle on and off, not a fast chattering on and off, but a steady rythmic on/off. everything else, clock display, lights etc goes dead (off and on) at the same rythm as the relays, and the starter doesn't turn.
When we turn on the ignition and jump the starter solenoid terminals, the bike fires up and runs fine, so the problem seems to be located in the starter circuit somewhere. All circuits lead back to the control unit so it's difficult to fault find without a schematic of the actual control unit.
The question is, could the reverse polarity have damaged the control unit or some other device connected to it. The ignition was off when the reverse voltage was applied though there are a number of items connected to the battery pre-ignition.
Would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions to help sort it and whether you know anyone who would test the control unit if we need to do that.
Would also be good if anyone knew where we could get a look at a schematic of the control unit. We already have the schematic of the bike wiring.
Thanks in advance -- Phil