20-02-17, 12:02 AM
Decided to get the Fazer out of hibernation yesterday so lifted the cover that has been keeping it warm and dry over winter only to find a spider had made a nest in there and the whole thing was covered in cobwebs. Tried to start it and all I got was a couple of turns on the starter then nothing. Decided that as I'd got to dismantle half of it to clean it I'd do something I'd been meaning to do for about the last 4 years, remove the poxy Datatool Evo alarm which I figured was almost certainly the reason for the non-start. Other than being a pain with constantly setting itself it would flatten the battery if the bike was left for more than a couple of days so I'd been removing the fuse for it whenever the bike was going to be left for more than a few hours. Traced some of the wiring and found the back to back connectors but they had to be cut off as whoever had fitted it had Superglued them together. Then got stuck as I'd got a few more wires going to it that I couldn't trace. had to get my password reset on here as it's been quite a while since I was last here but the foc-u search did the business with this thread http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,17530...msg203127. Thanks Freck, with the installation document I was able to restore it to a running state and bin a big plastic box and a load of spurious wiring. I also found that they actually tell you to Superglue the connectors together! It's now cleaner than it's ever been since I've owned it. Just a shame that I spent all of yesterday afternoon and this morning cleaning it and putting it back together that I only had time for a quick run out on it this afternoon to convince myself I'd not forgotten how to ride it. Hopefully, I'll get a bit more time to actually use it now.
