Hi All, I recently bought a 2003 BMW R1150 GSA which I immediately took out for a day ride. Everything was working great then I parked it for about on hour, hopped on and left my buddies place and it started making a high pitched squealing sound, originally I thought it was the clutch plate because it seemed to make the loudest noise at idle but when the revs increased the noise went away.
I got to about 4 blocks away from home when my dash blinked and the power cut out completely. I could not get power on the dash and with the ignition turned to on nothing happened, the bike would not start, dash did not look like any power was going to it. When home I did some research and see that the alternator or belt are common failures so I started to think it was most likely this that caused the problem.
I took off the alternator cover and the belt is in good condition, the alternator did not look darkened or burned like it had a short circuit, I smelt no burnt electrical wiring.
I removed the fuse box cover to see if I had blown any fuses and sure enough the 15AMP fuse for the control dash was blown, I replaced it with a new one and turned on ignition but nothing happened, did not blow the new fuse, no power to the dash, unable to turn over.
My next step is going to be to remove the fuse box and look at the wiring on the bottom side of the fuse box as the wire where the 15AMP fuse sits looks to be split.
Can any of you suggest a methodical trace route to start looking at electrical wiring for common failures, bad grounds and general trouble shooting of battery, alternator, starter, grounds and wiring looms.
Any and all help is much appreciated.
I got to about 4 blocks away from home when my dash blinked and the power cut out completely. I could not get power on the dash and with the ignition turned to on nothing happened, the bike would not start, dash did not look like any power was going to it. When home I did some research and see that the alternator or belt are common failures so I started to think it was most likely this that caused the problem.
I took off the alternator cover and the belt is in good condition, the alternator did not look darkened or burned like it had a short circuit, I smelt no burnt electrical wiring.
I removed the fuse box cover to see if I had blown any fuses and sure enough the 15AMP fuse for the control dash was blown, I replaced it with a new one and turned on ignition but nothing happened, did not blow the new fuse, no power to the dash, unable to turn over.
My next step is going to be to remove the fuse box and look at the wiring on the bottom side of the fuse box as the wire where the 15AMP fuse sits looks to be split.
Can any of you suggest a methodical trace route to start looking at electrical wiring for common failures, bad grounds and general trouble shooting of battery, alternator, starter, grounds and wiring looms.
Any and all help is much appreciated.