porndoguk wrote:as i said on the phone just cut the wire at the fuse board and ad a new wire rather than cutting the loom open etc, youll never find it unless its an obvious break, run the cable and tape it on will be alot quicker,

well i have done as you suggested and its all working, but one more quick question..
when taping up the new wire to the existing loom, is standard insulating tape ok? or is there some kinda heat resistant 'special' tape that needs to be used.
im asking as the insuating tape i looked at has a max heat rating of 80degrees.. i would have thought it gets hotter than that in some areas though??

Does the horn work?

There are 2 circuits in the ignition switch and I have seen one fail before.

One does main lighting and ignition, the other the fan, horn and headlight flasher.
If fan, horn and flasher do not work it is the ignition switch that's faulty.
The bottom electrical part of the switch can be replaced, leaving the original key lock barrel in place.

It is retained by 3 small security tourks screws.

Dave.

the horn still worked and so did the flasher..
it was the wire from the fuesbox to the fan that had the issue. it is fixed now. i did what ricky suggested on the phone and put in a new power wire from the fusebox to the fan. simply replacing the existing wire than ran from there to the fan..
he said to tape it to the existing loom. im guessing with just standard insulation tape. as i have searched for 'special' heat resistant tape and couldn't find any anywhere.

sorry i didnt text back gord' id left my phone in my bike jacket in the car, been down to peterboprough today on the NC :)

anyway normal Insullation tape is fine its heat resistant to 70 Degree to fall in line with wiring regualtions as i recall,

thanks mate.. i did use the standard insulation tape and its all working as it should.. im pleased that another little problem is solved and didnt resort to installing a switch like i was going to. it would have been a mistake to bodge what was actually an easy fix.
so it had a couple of litres of fresh coolant and i took the chain off and gave it a throrough clean and lube...
the bike is loving me right now! lol. so i took it out and thrashed it to within an inch of its life... :)

hardnutdvd wrote:thanks mate.. i did use the standard insulation tape and its all working as it should.. im pleased that another little problem is solved and didnt resort to installing a switch like i was going to. it would have been a mistake to bodge what was actually an easy fix.
so it had a couple of litres of fresh coolant and i took the chain off and gave it a throrough clean and lube...
the bike is loving me right now! lol. so i took it out and thrashed it to within an inch of its life... :)

if the RVF is anything like the VFR i dont think there is an inch of its life, i didnt realise how bullet proff these bikes are to ride, trying to keep up with a very experiance oldy on a 650 made me push beyond my comfort zone, and it was like the 30 just wanted more punishment!

maybe i shoulda said i thrashed it to within an inch of MY life!

sorry,but what temperature is my fan suppose to turn on at? when my bike gets just over 90deg, it doesnt come on..just get worried sometimes.

According to the haynes it should cut in between 98c - 102c
It is cuttin in on mine when it is on or just after the M on the TEMP gauge...thats the needle about three quarters over...