Hi All,
I went to start my 2014 C14 Friday morning, everything looked normal at first. Then as I hit the Stove top button (key) and press down to start the bike, everything just died. I rode the bike the night before without any issues at all.
The display just went blank, I couldn't move the key to the "on" position. Everything went dead.
As I was going to work, i just left it and took the car to work. After work, I started diagnosing the issue. Checked the battery, read almost 13V and cleaned all connections. Reconnected the battery, still the same problem but now the display showed "Immobolizer error" with a key symbol for a few seconds then went dead.
Checked all the fuses I could get my hands on, no burnt fuses. Checked my "fuzz Block" that I added this spring, no loose wires or burnt fuses.
Now i'm getting frustrated and I'm convinced that it's the ignition/Kipass system giving me the problem. At this point it's getting late, so I leave it for the morning.
Following morning, my buddy calls me to go for a ride. I explain my problem, and he suggest we try his battery before I go any further. So he rides over, we install his battery in my C14 and the bike starts right up. .
Turns out my battery had a dead cell and would fail when a load was put to it. I've never had a battery do this. Now my battery did give little indicators over the last few months. On cold mornings (3C -37F range), my bike would say "low battery" but the bike still started without any issues.
So bought a new battery and my bike starts and runs awesome just like it always has.
Lesson learned: Always try the easy fixes first
Claude
I went to start my 2014 C14 Friday morning, everything looked normal at first. Then as I hit the Stove top button (key) and press down to start the bike, everything just died. I rode the bike the night before without any issues at all.
The display just went blank, I couldn't move the key to the "on" position. Everything went dead.
As I was going to work, i just left it and took the car to work. After work, I started diagnosing the issue. Checked the battery, read almost 13V and cleaned all connections. Reconnected the battery, still the same problem but now the display showed "Immobolizer error" with a key symbol for a few seconds then went dead.
Checked all the fuses I could get my hands on, no burnt fuses. Checked my "fuzz Block" that I added this spring, no loose wires or burnt fuses.
Now i'm getting frustrated and I'm convinced that it's the ignition/Kipass system giving me the problem. At this point it's getting late, so I leave it for the morning.
Following morning, my buddy calls me to go for a ride. I explain my problem, and he suggest we try his battery before I go any further. So he rides over, we install his battery in my C14 and the bike starts right up. .
Turns out my battery had a dead cell and would fail when a load was put to it. I've never had a battery do this. Now my battery did give little indicators over the last few months. On cold mornings (3C -37F range), my bike would say "low battery" but the bike still started without any issues.
So bought a new battery and my bike starts and runs awesome just like it always has.
Lesson learned: Always try the easy fixes first
Claude