| Author | Message | ||
     Bomber |
Question that's got me stumped -- Y2K M2 My odo (which I almost always leave in the trip position) is resetting itself, but only after about 2 or 3 minutes -- that is, when I shut down the bike (using the ignition switch), if I turn it back on within 2 or 3 minutes, the odo is still in the trip position, showing the milage it showed when the bike was turned off if I wait more than 2 or 3 minutes, when I turn the ignition switch back on, the odo is in the total milage mode, and when set back to the trip mode, the milage displayed has resetted to zero . . . . . any ideas, fellers? | ||
| Soundman |
Maybe something as simple as a short in the reset switch / cable? Soundman....... | ||
| Mikej |
Do these M2's have a memory battery inside the speedo? Could be you are discovering the lifespan if there is a little computer chip battery inside. | ||
| Bomber |
checked the switch/cable, and it's fine -- dunno bout the batt, I woulda guessed a cap or sumpin . . . .. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Can't be a cap, they self discharge too quickly. It has to be some sort of battery, though it could be a rechargable one.I wondered how they did that, and wonder even more about the digital odo. I can see them burning an eprom in real time, but it seems to be they would run out of bits before they ran out of miles, especially if the odo can roll over. | ||
| Bomber |
Reep -- since I ain't let the majik smoke out of it, and it's still counting miles, I'm thinkin it's something simple, like me -- a kind soul suggested that I check the fuse, as his sccot had the same symptoms and a new fuse cleared em up -- I'll check that and report | ||
| Mikej |
Supposedly if your speedo dies you can take it to the dealer and they can supposedly match the mileage onto a new speedo/odo somehow so your bike will still show actual mileage even though the speedo was swapped out. There has to be some sort of memory storage device for those times when the battery is removed or changed or stored on a shelf over a long winter or rebuild. I don't have a broken one that I can break into to see. edit: a simple fuse issue or gunked up contacts would be a nice solution if that's what it is. (Message edited by mikej on May 05, 2005) | ||
| Captainkirk |
Could it be a bad switch? Maybe telling the odo you're trying to zero it? Maybe the switch plunger is sticking. | ||
| Bomber |
All -- thanks for the ideas, and thanks, also, for demonstrating I'm not the only guy that tries to make things complex (as if life won't do it for me!). The problem was discovered to be (thanks to the efforts of an annonymous samritan) the moral equivalent of a blown fuse. Instpection fo the fusible link with Eyeball Mk 1 showed the fuse was good -- as did checking with a meter (leave no stone unturned in the effort to make moutains outa molehills, I say!) -- the blades were a nive verdegris green, however, as was the fuse seat in the the block (a brief aside to mention the the fuse block was the only electrical connection on the bike I didn't take apart and clean over the winter -- sometime I consider commiting myself) some squirts with contact cleaner and, Hey Presto! Working Odo! ani't life grand? Hey, Cap -- go to bed, brother! | ||
| Captainkirk |
I was thinkin' that exzac' same thing at work this mornin'....curse you, Badweb, for ruining my sleepytime! |
