Hi All, Noticed last night my 1098 dash backlight including the neutral light and headlight was flicking on and off together. The dash itself stays powered, i can see the mph etc. Could it be a simple bad earth or something? Just been serviced, maybe something was disturbed? Thanks.
Could be but some take it as a sign that the reg/rec is on the way out.plenty of threads on here about that and changing it for a mosfet regulator
bugger. The rear light/brake light/indicators etc all seem to be working fine. It flicks off for a second or so at a time.
ChrisW, your worship, where abouts would i find said relay under the nose cone please? Is it a nose cone off job? What would I check once located said item please? Reading threads about the regulator/rectifier, I am not sure that this is the problem. My voltage was 14.2 and pretty consistent plus I seem to have no issues with anything else usually associated with a reg/rec issue. Is there a plug in dooinz on the relay that may be loose or need cleaning etc? Thank you your highness :raisedhands:
There was a thread about somthing similar a couple of weeks back? http://ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/848-intermittent-flashing-dash-and-head-light.41366/ I doubt it's the issue, but here's your headlight realy (purple), and yes, it's a nosecone off job.
Also have a look at the RR connector while the panels are off. My 848 had this problem and it was down to the connector block melting. Same symptoms, flickering dash...
Not sure which way to go with this. If I fire the bike up and watch the voltage reading would that tell me if the regulator/rectifier was the issue?
Yes it should and too high a voltage will cause similar problems with the dash. A mate with a 1098 Bayliss Rep had problems after fitting a Shorai lithium battery. The dash read HI, the headlights went off and the indicators stopped working and possibly a few other things not right. We fitted a conventional battery off my bike and it worked fine, but although there was 14.2V across the battery terminals the dash claimed the voltage was 14.9V. With the lithium battery the voltage must have been a few decimal points higher such that the dash thought it was over voltage. With the bike running you should be seeing around 14.2V to 14.5V across the battery if the regulator is OK. I've now got the lithium on my 907ie and it works a treat - no fancy electronics on there :smile:
Well, i decided to have a look at this yesterday. Bikes been in the garage for a fortnight or so but surprisingly it fired up first time. I let it warm up and kept an eye on the voltage and the headlight. Headlight was fine and the voltage was reading between 14.1 to 14.5 at extremes but settling around 14.3. I decided to go out for a spin and the bike behaved itself. Weird.
Hmmmm.... I thought this issue had fixed itself (lol), looks like a nose cone off job now as I lost the headlight last night coming over the Isle of Skye road in the dark. I am sure the dash flickered on and off once or twice too. Strange how it appeared to be fine for the past couple of months. I will check the bulb first before taking the nose cone off, I assume that its accessible without taking the nose cone off ?
Hi mate. Might be worth having a look at the R/R white connector first? Just wondering if one of the connections in there isn't solid? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yeah, good shout Bettes, could well be a connector somewhere. I will have a good fiddle when I get chance to take the fairings off. I think I will pop the bulb out first to see if it has actually blown. I assume I can get to it easy enough although I do have shovel hands. I am no electrician but I can wiggle wires well enough!
Just uncoupled the bulb connection and the connector and bulb holder are fried. Any reason this should happen?
Obviously I am going to need replacement connectors, but I'm afraid it may just fry them again. Bulb looks fine.
OK, I think it looks like a bad connection causing unintended resistance, this in turn generates heat.
