Good afternoon All,
Finally picked up my first Blackbird (CBR1100XX-6) on Saturday and thought I would join this fine forum on the advice from John at JAWS.
I've been without a bike for around 3 years, previously I had a CBR1000F and loved it but sold it due to lack of use (And regretted it!!). The kids are now older so the Blackbird was purchased as it's the newer, improved version of my old bike.
Unfortunately, when I picked my bike up somebody forgot to tighten the positive terminal on the battery. This resulted in "surging" power at steady speed and after a mile or 2 the dash went blank. I finally managed to get to a service station to stop and have a look and this is when I discovered the loose terminal.
Once this was tightened the bike ran smoothly but the dash did not come back on, and hasn't done since. I have checked all the fuses that I could find (Tested them with multi-meter too) and all were fine. I removed the dash and checked the plug for damage (no signs of anything untoward) I then stripped the dash down and inspected the circuit board for signs of damage but that looked perfect too.
I have searched the internet for answers but found nothing yet. The bike runs well, all the main lights work, all the dash warning lights work and the LCD screens are still back-lit. The only bits that are not working is the readings for fuel/speed/temp/clock and rev counter. As far as I can tell everything else on the bike works as it should.
Does anyone know what the issue could be? I'm guessing the on/off/on/off of the loose terminal has done damage somewhere but I have no idea where (I would have thought the fuse would have blown before any damage was done to the instruments ect)
And assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Ajeman
Finally picked up my first Blackbird (CBR1100XX-6) on Saturday and thought I would join this fine forum on the advice from John at JAWS.
I've been without a bike for around 3 years, previously I had a CBR1000F and loved it but sold it due to lack of use (And regretted it!!). The kids are now older so the Blackbird was purchased as it's the newer, improved version of my old bike.
Unfortunately, when I picked my bike up somebody forgot to tighten the positive terminal on the battery. This resulted in "surging" power at steady speed and after a mile or 2 the dash went blank. I finally managed to get to a service station to stop and have a look and this is when I discovered the loose terminal.
Once this was tightened the bike ran smoothly but the dash did not come back on, and hasn't done since. I have checked all the fuses that I could find (Tested them with multi-meter too) and all were fine. I removed the dash and checked the plug for damage (no signs of anything untoward) I then stripped the dash down and inspected the circuit board for signs of damage but that looked perfect too.
I have searched the internet for answers but found nothing yet. The bike runs well, all the main lights work, all the dash warning lights work and the LCD screens are still back-lit. The only bits that are not working is the readings for fuel/speed/temp/clock and rev counter. As far as I can tell everything else on the bike works as it should.
Does anyone know what the issue could be? I'm guessing the on/off/on/off of the loose terminal has done damage somewhere but I have no idea where (I would have thought the fuse would have blown before any damage was done to the instruments ect)
And assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Ajeman
