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Old 27-10-10, 21:17
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Electrical problem

I've had two instances of an electrical problem which someone might be able to shed some light on. I'm currently still in Morocco and I had been riding along at about 50-55mph for 30 minutes or more and as it was cold I decided to switch on the Oxford heated grips. The controller flashed at me and switched off which normally means it's cut out because the voltage is too low. So I tried again and the same thing happened.

Then the orange warning light came on. A minute or so later the digital dash blanked out. A minute or so later the rev counter gave up. Then the engine started misfiring. Seeing as I was 80 miles from anywhere in the Rekkam Plateau area I carried on. The misfire got worse, then suddenly cleared and the rev counter, digital dash and warning light were all back to normal.

An hour or so later the same thing happened--exactly as related above.

That was two days ago and since then everything, including the heated grips, has been fine.

Any suggestions?
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Old 27-10-10, 21:24
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Sounds like you've got an intermittent bad connection(s) at the regulator/rectifier.
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Old 27-10-10, 22:30
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Sounds like you've got an intermittent bad connection(s) at the regulator/rectifier.
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Old 27-10-10, 23:07
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Old 28-10-10, 10:24
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Tim its almost definatly the reg/rec prob they are all the same sytoms I suffered hope you are able to get it sorted out there.
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Old 28-10-10, 10:34
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Being in east Morroco I would find a used rec/reg from another bike, and wire it instead of trying to fix the loom & the rec/reg. You could cut the original conector or simply wire the new one directly to the loom and leave the original connector. Any donnor bike with a 3 pole alternator is suitable, this includes almost every 4 cyl. jap. bike, just find one with cables instead of connector at the reg, it will a lot easier to wire.

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Old 27-10-10, 21:44
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I've had two instances of an electrical problem which someone might be able to shed some light on. I'm currently still in Morocco and I had been riding along at about 50-55mph for 30 minutes or more and as it was cold I decided to switch on the Oxford heated grips. The controller flashed at me and switched off which normally means it's cut out because the voltage is too low. So I tried again and the same thing happened.

Then the orange warning light came on. A minute or so later the digital dash blanked out. A minute or so later the rev counter gave up. Then the engine started misfiring. Seeing as I was 80 miles from anywhere in the Rekkam Plateau area I carried on. The misfire got worse, then suddenly cleared and the rev counter, digital dash and warning light were all back to normal.

An hour or so later the same thing happened--exactly as related above.

That was two days ago and since then everything, including the heated grips, has been fine.

Any suggestions?
Tim
I think, you are guessing right. The symthoms you expirienced, point to a drained battery.
The Ten is also known for the rectifier/contact issue, that probably caused the poor charging of the battery.

The connector of the rectifier should be checked a.s.a.p. If the connector showes something unusual on one contact (colour change by overheating or sparking) it should be changed or fixed immediately.
Otherwise you may strand anywhere at any time.

saludos,
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