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  • Guzzi 1200 down.. and up.

    From PipL@pip@nowhere.nul to uk.rec.motorcycles on Sat May 9 17:03:57 2026
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    Last weekend I left the Energica uncharged after my commute, the plan
    being to test its range. I never got round to that and of course forgot
    to charge it. So, I took the Guzzi to work - Tuesday was fine but
    Wednesday it went "click" instead of "whirr-vroom".

    I've just had a look. Luckily nothing serious - when the starter went intermittent a few years ago, I bypassed the relay wiring to the starter solenoid (it's a known fault), and included an inline fuse, having also bypassed the original fuse in the process.

    The fuse had popped. Easy fix, bike started, bike stopped, a bit of
    faffing to reset a service code that suddenly popped up... and it would
    no longer start. It was now showing a red warning triangle and "/!\ SERVICE"

    Hmm. I laboriously entered the Secret Code (because diagnostic codes
    have to be kept hidden from The Enemy, obviously) and noted the couple
    of marked numbers.

    I was just about to despondently put the seat back and wheel it back
    into the garage when I noticed that there was a spade terminal hanging
    out. Closer inspection showed that the relay extension wires I'd added
    had pulled out of the connector block, probably when I was faffing with
    the fuse. So, after putting them back and re-taping it, it's back to normal.

    Happy days!
    --

    CHUMP #1 (CHarge Up Muppet)

    Pip

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  • From YTC1@ytc1@ytc1.co.uk to uk.rec.motorcycles on Sat May 9 17:45:51 2026
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    On 09/05/2026 17:03, PipL wrote:
    Last weekend I left the Energica uncharged after my commute, the plan
    being to test its range. I never got round to that and of course forgot
    to charge it. So, I took the Guzzi to work - Tuesday was fine but
    Wednesday it went "click" instead of "whirr-vroom".

    <snip electrical fun>

    I was just about to despondently put the seat back and wheel it back
    into the garage when I noticed that there was a spade terminal hanging
    out. Closer inspection showed that the relay extension wires I'd added
    had pulled out of the connector block, probably when I was faffing with
    the fuse. So, after putting them back and re-taping it, it's back to
    normal.

    Happy days!



    Are you sure this isn't my missing Pegaso in disguise?
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    Bruce Porter
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  • From Sqirrel99@secret.sqirrel99@gmail.com to uk.rec.motorcycles on Tue May 12 08:09:02 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.motorcycles

    YTC1 wrote:
    On 09/05/2026 17:03, PipL wrote:
    Last weekend I left the Energica uncharged after my commute, the plan
    being to test its range. I never got round to that and of course forgot
    to charge it. So, I took the Guzzi to work - Tuesday was fine but
    Wednesday it went "click" instead of "whirr-vroom".

    <snip electrical fun>

    I was just about to despondently put the seat back and wheel it back
    into the garage when I noticed that there was a spade terminal hanging
    out. Closer inspection showed that the relay extension wires I'd added
    had pulled out of the connector block, probably when I was faffing with
    the fuse. So, after putting them back and re-taping it, it's back to
    normal.

    Happy days!



    Are you sure this isn't my missing Pegaso in disguise?

    It's a bunch of Pegasos strapped together.
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  • From YTC1@ytc1@ytc1.co.uk to uk.rec.motorcycles on Tue May 12 09:23:53 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.motorcycles

    On 12/05/2026 08:09, Sqirrel99 wrote:
    YTC1 wrote:
    On 09/05/2026 17:03, PipL wrote:
    Last weekend I left the Energica uncharged after my commute, the plan
    being to test its range. I never got round to that and of course
    forgot to charge it. So, I took the Guzzi to work - Tuesday was fine
    but Wednesday it went "click" instead of "whirr-vroom".

    <snip electrical fun>

    I was just about to despondently put the seat back and wheel it back
    into the garage when I noticed that there was a spade terminal
    hanging out. Closer inspection showed that the relay extension wires
    I'd added had pulled out of the connector block, probably when I was
    faffing with the fuse. So, after putting them back and re-taping it,
    it's back to normal.

    Happy days!



    Are you sure this isn't my missing Pegaso in disguise?

    It's a bunch of Pegasos strapped together.

    Should improve the MTBF by mirroring :-)
    --
    Bruce Porter
    "The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly" http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
    There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2