A bit of an update on the failure of my second RR (this is a warranty replacement for the original, been fitted for 18-20 months & 6k miles). Yesterday (friday26/4), I sent a polite complaint to RE customer support. Received a reply very promptly requesting details of my machine. We have exchanged a few emails with more to follow Monday. A bit too premature yet to say how it will turn out but they are being quite co-operative & positive with their replies. Now the people who deal with enquiries are not Technical staff. However, one of the earlier replies included some input from a’Technical advisor’, which suggests the issues with RR could be due to the location of the unit. We shall see how this progresses. A bit of advice, please. When removing the RR from its original position, which connector do you recommend to unplug first? Cheers, Martin.
@internetpolification
3 ай бұрын
It doesn’t really matter which you unplug first. The 4 pin is easily unplugged. Watch my little video re how to disconnect the 3 core connector with the red slide. It’s easy to do but I’d advise watching my little video as it’s not immediately obvious
@martinowl
3 ай бұрын
@@internetpolification yea, have watched it, great info ta.
@internetpolification
3 ай бұрын
The red slide connector is a bit tricky but a lot less tricky doing as per the video. A long time ago, I snapped the red slide on mine, merely trying to disconnect it. It’s not immediately obvious and it’s undoubtedly the daftest connector ever invented!
@EJK1965
3 ай бұрын
Has anyone out there covered a lot of miles/Kms on a standard bike where nothing has gone wrong, or am I getting paranoid?! Cheers, Edward.
@internetpolification
3 ай бұрын
Based on the many emails I receive and posts on forums for the bike, I’d say predictable problems do arise regularly. One outraged person who seemed to take my videos as personal criticism, rather than avoiding future problems, did post that he’d had his bike 3 years and had no faults whatsoever but he didn’t say what mileage! I mean, a brand-new bike stuck in garage and doing 200 miles a year won’t develop problems, I’d have said. The common faults with this bike stem from it being a ‘budget’ machine. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love my bike, as many others love theirs. I’ve covered the common faults in my series of videos. These are 1. Rectifier/regulator failure due to its daft OEM location. Sometimes multiple failures on the same bike, the record so far being 3 failed RR’s in 1700km from brand-new and four failures in 7,000 miles. This is very, very common. Re-location using the cable kits I make puts it into the cooling airstream at the front of the bike so it stays clean and is far less likely to overheat and die. Over 50 people so far have re-located it using the ‘plug and play’ cables that I make. 2.The relays under the right side panel are unbranded and almost certainly cheap, so replacement at about £5 each is well worth it since one of them activates the fuel pump 3. Switchgear. The switches are cheap and nasty, imo. Also unpleasant to use in the case of the indicator switch especially. I received an email yesterday from someone whose switch developed a short circuit and drained his battery overnight….heaven knows how and another from someone in Canada whose indicator switch simply stopped working. My starter button did that. Yep some people have had no issues with them but many people have, hence me and others replacing them with classic cast-alloy Japanese switches which are a zillion times better. I send these out all round the world and they are also ‘plug and play’ which means no soldering or cutting wires on the wiring harness. 4. The Evap system is a menace if the charcoal cartridge gets flooded with petrol …again, many people have experienced this (I almost sold my bike due to problems with this which all disappeared after I got rid of the Evap system) which can be done for zero cost. 5. The air-injection system on slightly older bikes can be blocked off easily at zero cost by blocking a pipe and throwing the rest of it away. 5. Weird ‘duck fat’ grease in some, if not all, of the block connectors…..I and many others have removed it with a small paintbrush and white spirit. As I said, I love the bike. It has ABS brakes, braided brake hoses, a slipper clutch, a crankshaft counter-balance shaft to reduce vibration, 6 speed gearbox, fuel injection etc and I think the engine itself is pretty much bulletproof. Plus, the bike looks fantastic and is so tweakable to individual tastes. My philosophy with all of my videos is ‘prevention is better than a cure’ and none of them are in any way disparaging the bike…merely avoiding well-documented and easily rectified ‘issues’ in order to avoid breakdowns, ruined trips etc.
@EJK1965
3 ай бұрын
Ask ask once again, why are people relocating this. Please explain what is the problem. Edward.
@martyndeyoung8207
3 ай бұрын
watch this video, James explains exactly why, with several examples!
@tommaguzzi1723
3 ай бұрын
It's a component that needs to dissipate heat but is badly positioned and screwed to the back of a hot engine with no ventilation. This modification moves the rectifer into a cool air stream without the need to cut the original wiring loom.
@internetpolification
3 ай бұрын
Exactly! Hopefully this will go a long way to avoiding premature death of the RR unit, breakdown and a ruined trip!
@internetpolification
3 ай бұрын
Did you watch/listen to the video, Edward? I thought I’d explained why but perhaps not clearly enough?
@EJK1965
3 ай бұрын
Ah....I thought I'd watched all the vids.....there are a lot. Thank you.
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