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Does the Gen 1 suffer from the dreaded... - JayB - 12-09-12
...Yamaha white plug on the left hand side of the fairing?
Had this issue with my 5PW R1 recently, it was in quite a state, then yesterday, about 1 minute after the bike having been fired up from cold, the cooling fan kicks off.
Obviously, no guage to go from, so I turn the bike off, get ready to ride off and re-start, 20 seconds later, no fan.
Wonder if it is just a crappy connection causing problems?
Re: Does the Gen 1 suffer from the dreaded... - dazza - 12-09-12
Think they all do that, try putting it in gear and it should stop.
Re: Does the Gen 1 suffer from the dreaded... - fireblake - 12-09-12
As Dazza says. Mine does that, after 30 seconds at tick over the fan cuts in but as soon as a gear is selected it switches off. It's perfectly normal. Why though is another question???
Re: Does the Gen 1 suffer from the dreaded... - JayB - 12-09-12
Strange! I guess a good idea for warm weather and probably because there is no temp guage.
BUT, I did 5hit myself, being that I've just bought her, I was thinking "oh no, it's got no water in it"
:lol
I checked last night, it has! Cheers guys. Next question coming soon!
Re: Does the Gen 1 suffer from the dreaded... - Falcon 269 - 12-09-12
Yes, the fan is meant to kick in after about 1 minute or so idling from a start. Put it in gear and it will stop the fan again. Probably intended as a check to confirm that the fan is operating and to give it a regular spin-up.
Yes, the Gen 1 suffers a white connector problem but maybe not the same as the R1 you had. Not connected to your fan question but you should read this to understand the connector issue.
http://www.yamahafz1oa.com/eskortsdefectiveconnectorreplacement.shtml
While you're in the mood to learn ...
http://www.cartestsoftware.com/fz1/
http://www.yamahafz1oa.com/technicaltips.shtml
Cheers!
Mike
Re: Does the Gen 1 suffer from the dreaded... - james43 - 12-09-12
That's freaky I was going to start a thread about this as mine does it and I assumed it was broken.
Weird.
Glad it's not though lol
Re: Does the Gen 1 suffer from the dreaded... - JayB - 13-09-12
Cheers Falcon 269 - found the cartestsoftware one, brilliant!
Will check and dielectric grease the connectors I can see under the left, just cause it is a good idea.