Hello,

any of my fellow Ten riders had any issues after doing a washing of the bike?
Today I had this strange problem after cleaning my bike. Turned the key as usual, the bike did the fancy light tricks but when pressing the start button, the bike didn't want to start! After a few seconds I just pulled some throttle and the bike came to life.
I just didn't like the smoke that came from the front cable and the smell of burned rubber.
Should this be cause for concern?

I always use a pressure washer to clean the bike and have never had any issues when starting it.
I would always be concerned about the smell of burnt rubber!!!!!
Have you checked for any obvious damage to cables / connectors?

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Does not sound good at all. I would inspect the smoking area & find out where the burning smell came from.

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Which "front cable" was it??

Yes, if you've confused burnt rubber with burn plastic, then it is almost certain something shorted out in the wiring and melted... have you checked to see if all the other electrical circuits are working, and any fuses blown?

Jx

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I've made a search on all the front cables but couldn't find any burned wires, rubber or plastic. I haven't checked the fuses yet, but i've tested all the lights and everything is working normally.

Let's just hope the bike won't fail me in the middle of nowhere.

Thanks for your help.

Just a thought,

When washing it, you haven't dislodged something that has maybe fell onto the header pipes ? A washer, Key ring fob, piece of tape ???

I'd start (in any of the cases) by looking for the evidence of a burn, the header pipe and work my way back - if you find nothing then as Jenny says it's maybe a short somewhere ?? Dare I say the rectifier ????

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My 07 XTX
Raptor 700 cylinder 102mm / Modified Crank Case to take a 105mm Raptor Cylinder / 11:1 102mm JE Raptor piston / Stage 1 Raptor Hot Cam / Ported head / Colder Spark Plug / +2mm Throttle body / DNA stage 1 & 2 filters / Modified Air Box / Snorkel removed / Worry Brothers stage 2 filter cover / 6mm & 8mm Bolts Replaced with Titanium Bolts / Recovered seat in Black / O2 Eliminator /

My 09 XTX
59HP at the rear wheel / Stage 2 Raptor Hot Cam / DNA stage 3 Air Box / Carbon Can Exhausts / Modified Exhaust Link Pipes / PCIII With Custom Fuel Map / Wideband Commander O2 Data logger / LCD100 Dyno Jet display & fuel adjuster / 2500 OHM HT lead instead of a 10K OHM XT lead / Extra Coolant Cooler / Protaper Fat Bars / Tail Tidy With LED Tail Light / OKE Protection Knobs / LED indicators / AIS blocked / Modified rear sprocket rubbers / Rear Foot Pegs removed / 09 ECU With 02 Sensor Changed To A 06 ECU / Complete wiring harnes Changed from 09 to 04 / Home made LED resistor flasher / Hole drilled in the fuel tank filler neck to allow quicker filling / Modified Bar End Weights / Progressive front fork springs, 15W fork oil, forks lowered 25mm, used XTR rear links lowering the rear 20mm, rear spring one click stiffer / Changed front & rear guards from blue to black / 47T rear sprocket / Speedo Healer V4.0 / Kev throttle cam mod / Throttle grip mod / The new 2010 O2 sensor mod is out, works a treat, The new 2012 O2 Controller is out, PM me for details

Now ride a 2018 MT09SP ABS + TCS

My KTM 990 SMR Mod book. http://www.ktmsmt.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4946

I've only used a wet cloth and didn't forced any parts. I've dropped some water directly near the front screen protection because it's hard to clean between the light plastic and the screen. But even so, I would expect an adventure bike to be waterproof. It wasn't a tsunami on top of the bike.

I'll check the fuses later on...

I think we're thinking too hard - although I'm concerned about the 'smoke' you mention in the first post... a burning smell is one thing, but for smoke to appear, things have got really hot...

Was the smoke actually from the wiring (when you say cable, I'm presume you mean wiring cables/loom, not a throttle cable for example) itself, or could it have been from below like Gulgo suggests?

The problem you may have is that something caused a short and melted, but that the plastic coating on the wiring either resealed itself, or is in a position that the short is no longer happening (this happened with a friend of mine's DRZ, twice)... the bike might start/run fine now, but the danger is the exposed wires might touch again, either stopping the bike starting/running, or smoking again...

If you can be sure of where the smoke came from, that would be a start.

Jx

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