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07-26-2008, 01:30 AM
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AMA Pit Boss
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Location: Masterton New Zealand
Sportsbike: 3/97 TL1000S
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 If you have an alarm the battery drains while sitting and fucks your battery, if you don't use a tender.
I only read first 2 lines of ArnouTLS/TLR's post  .
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Mods done: 2 Bros mufflers;homemade TRE;Airbox mod;'97 temp sensor mod;Iridium plugs;TLR bellmouths;OEM-style smoked screen;HH sintered pads front and rear;Metal Gear rotors with gold carriers;removed OEM mirrors and mounts;bar-end mirror with cut down stock weight as spacer; chopped rear fender; DID gold x-ring heavy duty chain;2 up on rear sprocket;damper mount mod for easy tank lifting;forks up-in-the-triples 7.5mm;Riflemans clear clutch cover and 1/5 throttle insert;Barnett clutch springs;Mini CF look indicators front; mini chrome LED's rear with resister;2.5wt oil in stock damper;PC II;Bitubo rear shock;Forks - Race Tech internals with 1kg/mm springs and Gold valves;braided front brake line;billet sprocket cover;charging mod;plus mod;
To do:TLR MC;black; paintTLR swingarm;chequer plate undertail;6 pot brakes;inline fuel filter;hotgrips
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07-26-2008, 01:47 AM
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Superbike Twin
Member #12315
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Location: MARYLAND
Sportsbike: 99 TL1000R
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Once mine's started Im fine until I decide to stay away for more than an hour. Then It doesnt want to start. I work two jobs, so thats why I have been asking these questions for the longest. I dont want to pay those high ass LABOR fees to tell me something simple and charge me BIG!! I rather talk to you guys and pray to learn my bike. I'm Learning. *****BUT...i have no alarm on my bike. In fact, I have gotten away from this thread. I know NOT to bump it. I don't want to. Only off the bike's battery. Im searching high and low for the simple cure. Thanks everyone.
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 Outside Fuel Filter System MOD... New battery...New selonoid...new "ZERO" windscreen...new CR9EK plugs...new DOT4 brake fluid...new LED mirrors...new Stock clutch,rear and front brake levers...new grips... ...had a new smile until I found I still have OLD problems. HELP!!!!!ThanX Kelly is the name... "Spike" is my Bike. Check The Garage.
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11-16-2008, 07:40 AM
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Baby Twin
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Location: Tampa, FL
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I ran into this same problem with my kawi 600 hundred a few years ago it did something weird to the rectifier. on my kawi I could see what my voltage reading was and it would fluctuate up to 18 volts and my lights would get really bright I changed out the rectifier and never had any problems after that.
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11-17-2008, 09:53 PM
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Baby Twin
Member #15192
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Location: Denver, CO
Sportsbike: 1999 Suzuki TL1000R (Spike), 2002 Triumph Speed 4 (Nigel)
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GuitarLunati
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I'm a lurker on the site but felt I had to chime in on this one. Too many coincidences! I have a '99 TLR named Spike as well (if you saw it you'd know why...), and I grew up in Maryland! So Bikenamspike must be my long-lost twin (or would that be V-twin??)!
I just had this same problem. The bike wasn't keeping the battery charged so if I shut her down...it wouldn't start back up unless I was damn lucky. This was happening even with keeping it on a Battery Tender every minute I wasn't riding. It turned out to be a bad stator/magneto. I'm not technical so I hope that makes sense. It cost me over $500 which was a real bummer. It seems to be better now but I still have this irrational fear of turning the ignition off. My bike has higher-than-stock compression so that doesn't help the situation much.
Now if I can only figure out why the FI light comes on now and then....
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11-18-2008, 12:42 AM
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Upside Down Super Mod
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Steve TLS
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Now if I can only figure out why the FI light comes on now and then....
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Just ride around in dealer mode and catch the code as it happens. Dealer Mode >> http://wotid.com/tls/content/view/54/60/ |
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11-18-2008, 09:39 AM
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Baby Twin
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GuitarLunati
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Hey Steve, thank you very much for that page. That's an incredible resource. I printed it AND bookmarked it. Unfortunately the FI light was one of the things I had the dealer check when they replaced the stator.
They said they took care of whatever the error code(s) was indicating, but it still didn't stop the light from coming on once in a while. Before they "fixed" it the error would come up the first time you started the bike. Then I'd shut it down and restart and the error would be gone. It doesn't affect the bike in any way. The bike does nothing out of the ordinary when that light comes on. Before I had the stator replaced I took the bike out for a test run with the FI light off. It actually came on while I was riding and that's when I decided I had to go to a dealer.
After they fixed what they thought was the problem, it was still happening but didn't seem as bad. It didn't come on as I was riding but it would still start up with the error once in a while. They told me to ride the bike in if I got the error and not turn the bike off. I guess the TL bikes don't store the errors as Gixxers do. Of course it happened again and I rode it in, left the bike running, and they took it back and ran the diagnostic. It was the same error as before (I don't know which code it was) that they already addressed. They said not to worry about it as it must be some sort of glitch causing it. And this is a very reputable and probably the largest Suzuki dealer in CO!
So anyway, thanks for the help. I didn't mean to make this a book. It's just frustrating and worrying to have a problem like that.
Gary
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11-21-2008, 09:27 AM
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TLOTM Sept. '08
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.... They said not to worry about it as it must be some sort of glitch causing it. And this is a very reputable and probably the largest Suzuki dealer in CO!....
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Are you saying they did nothing & said that is 'OK' like that?
"Just a glitch, don't worry about it!" 
What a total crock they're giving you.
How exactly did that get that 'reputation' by creating spin like that?
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11-21-2008, 12:42 PM
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Baby Twin
Member #15192
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GuitarLunati
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Yep, that's what they said. I figure they were just trying to get rid of me as it wasn't affecting the operation of the bike and they tried to fix it before and didn't want to get into a can of worms. They've got a good reputation but you know how that goes....
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11-21-2008, 04:06 PM
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Upside Down Super Mod
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Steve TLS
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It will be affecting the operation. The sensors that are responsible for the trimming of the mixture have default values they change to when they go faulty.
ie The IAT defaults to 40C, the ECT defaults to 80C, the AP & IAP default to 760mmHg, if one of those is the cause and the conditions are close to their default values, then you wont notice a difference.
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11-21-2008, 05:26 PM
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Baby Twin
Member #15192
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GuitarLunati
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I wish I knew what all that meant but I'm going to keep the info anyway! LOL! Thanks for all the help. I didn't mean to hijack the thread. Gary
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