Hi. Newbie here. Great forum. I bought a used 2013 Multi 1200s a couple of years ago and am loving it. I had the engine light come on and got a local mech to plug in his diagnostics which showed a ground error with the Horizontal MAP sensor. Took the panels off to see how to remove while I have a new sensor on order and noticed a tail coming from the connections in that area bound up with insulation tape! Undid them and looks like the 2 wires were soldered together at some point. Joining them with a connector didn't stop the engine error on the dash BTW. Any ideas what these are?
I'm just wondering what possible reason there would be for chopping and soldering them. Seems odd. Trying to work out of they should be connected or not, or if there's a bigger issue. Bike has been running fine the last 2 years though before this MAP sensor error (bike runs fine, but has the EML on)
Wires are satnav. If they were able to touch, likely related fuse is blown. Stock it comes with a connector. Proper thing to do is get the other side of the connector to make your connection, whoever did that just cut and spliced it appears.
Thanks. That's the plan. Ordered a Germban one from Amazon. Do you happen to know if the EML will turn off after replacement or will I need to get it cleared with a diagnostics tool? Local guy charges £20 for use of his. Imagine On Yer Bike Aylesbury would be more. Haven't attempted the Melcodiag route yet.
Thanks. They definitely would have been able to touch as were just wrapped together under tape, but nothing else stopped functioning. Any idea where fuse is located?
The Sat Nav power lead is normally higher up than that but it may have been shortened. If not it could be the wire to the side stand switch, easy to check as the side stand should cut the engine if operated when the bike is running and in gear. That switch has been known to fail.
Re the MAP sensor itself. Original reason I took the side panels off early to take a look was to see if it could be replaced without removing the tank. Clearance and a slight bend of the plastic bracket looks like it might be possible if I cut down an old hex key. Anyone done this?
Once you swap it out the fault will clear. You can easily remove it without taking the tank off. I did.
Replaced MAP sensor, EML went out. Thanks for the help all. IKEA flat pack tool is the perfect stubby hex key for removal
The red/blue wire and black wire supply both the navigation and supplementary lighting. Items 74 and 76 in the handbook.
74 - supplementary light wiring connector 75 - LH supplementary light 76 - Navigator connector 77 - Supplementary light switch 78 - RH supplementary light Do not link the red/blue to the black
