Bike Electrician in SE London/NW Kent?

[Dicko]

Hi there,

My R1100GS has got a few electrical problems that I'd like to get sorted without paying through the nose! Can anyone recommend a good bike electrician in the above area?

Thanks,
Richard

 

[Pukmeister]

BTBR perhaps (AKA Alan)???

His GS light fitting service has been highly praised by many, he knows his stuff about GS electrical systems. Just make sure if you ask him for help, it is done respectfully as he has had a complete pisstaker once who wanted his lights fitting, ABS fixing, previous bodges repairing etc and didn't want to pay.

Many GS'ers will help each other out through genuine cameraderie and are more than proud to display their level of knowledge of the marque. and demonstrate their engineering skill. Just don't take the piss, know what I mean?

 

[Dicko]

I'll list the current problems in case anyone else can throw any light on them...

Many years ago my GS was fitted with a Touratech Desierto fairing with an IMO100R300 computer and LED cockpit lights. This has been fine for many years.

In the last year or so a few problems have cropped up (In chronological order):

Neutral LED started coming on in wet weather.
Oil Pressure LED started coming on in wet weather.
Neutral LED failed, have to pull in the clutch to start.
Gear position display started showing just odd numbers, i.e. not 0, 2, or 4.

I had the gear position switch replaced at the last service but that didn't fix any of the above problems.

The most recent and important failure is the fuse for the speedo, the ABS lights and the surviving LEDs blew when I pressed the started. I replaced the fuse and everything was fine until pressed the started again...

Another problem is that the bike appears to switch itself off sometimes. This is usually just after you press the started or even before but usually if it starts it will stay running... I used to think that this was a problem with the ignition switch but now I'm not so sure.

I know it sounds like the whole bike is a pile of poo but it isn't really! Once it's running it's as smooth as silk despite it's 90000 miles.

Regards,
Richard

 

[jez]

try steptoe you'll always find him on here somewhere along with plenty of people to reccomend him

 

[Dicko]

I've just been reading about the 'load shedding relay'. If this is faulty, what symptoms would it cause?

With my bike, sometimes when I press the starter, it starts to turn over and then everything cuts out. Sometimes everything just comes back on, other times I have to switch the ignition off and on.

Regards,
Richard

 

[Geezer]

The warning light problems are almost certenly an earth fault caused by ingress of water doown the loom corroding the earth , to check this dismantle the front lhealight/housing & remove LCD display & warning light loom, carefully slit it open & you will find the problem corroded earth to display panels, just cut out damaged wiring solderin replacement seal with heat shrink test & tape back up