Display problem?
 

Hi everyone,
This is my first post, got my 07' xt660r two weeks ago and love it. Had no probs until tonight when the display went off while riding then all the warning lights came on for 3 seconds then the display came back on as normal. This happened about five times but the bike ran perfect the whole time and no fault codes came up. Any ideas?
Cheers dave

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on a great choice of bike.

You might try checking the connections to your display especially the one under the tank. Clean and reseat as necessary (i.e. eliminate the possibility of loose connections/earthings before starting to look at faulty instruments).

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Thanks, do i have to remove the tank to get at this?

After removing seat and tank panels undo the bolt at the rear of the tank - you can then lift the back end of the tank and prop it up with a block of wood or similar to give access to the wiring loom connection. Fiddly job for those of us with boxing glove hands!

cheers i'll go and have a play.

Without wanting to sound dull how do you get those 'quick release fittings' (yeh right) out to release the tank panels. It says in the manual a 1/4 turn but there's nothing to turn on it?

Two methods of getting the central 'pin' out

1. Push the centre of the plastic fitting in with a biro end.

2. Push from behind the central part so it comes up at the front.

In both cases be careful it is only plastic and if it has been weathered or subject to heat may have become brittle. (most of mine only have two or three of the four legs left! - and my small private pension doesn't run to replacing anything non-essential).

grateful as ever

Ok how about this, can't find any obvious wiring probs so i've been monitoring the problem since last week. In the morning no probs with display, if bike is in the sun while i'm at work as soon as i go home i get the aformentioned display glitch. Today a bit cooler than last week where i live, no probs going to work or coming home! bizzare i know but i wonder whether anyone else has had heat related display problems and not realised it?

Have you checked the connector plug at the dash? Remove it & check for corrosion & pushed back pins.

Cheers Kev will do.