16-05-14, 08:31 AM
I have a Meta357TV2 fitted and is also 10 years old.
Usually the internal battery goes around now and you get 4 short beeps when switching it on which is the indication of the problem. I am waiting for the beeps before upgrading mine.
Since I fitted my own I can bypass it very quickly without stripping anything so it never bothers me to much.
You problem sounds electrical since it just cut out, and backfired on starting. Fueling issues present themselves slightly differently
Usually if the side stand or the clutch switch give trouble the engine will not turn over on the starter and everything on the bulb check will light up.
About 8 years ago on the way back from France we stopped for lunch about 60 miles from home and a bike that had worked flawlessly for 2 weeks would not switch on when . Everything dead, I lifted the tank and checked the connections in the box and sure enough there was a corrosion issue on the ignition switch connector. A dose of WD40 (always carry a very small can with me) sorted it temporarily until I got home but I had to redo the connector. When I went through all the other connectors there were traces of corrosion on many of them.. I treated them all with WD and did it again last year as a matter of form, but the initial dose of WD40 had kept the corrosion at bay.
Forgot to mention the Fuel pump has a small black connector under the tank near the pump pull it apart and treat that also.
Usually the internal battery goes around now and you get 4 short beeps when switching it on which is the indication of the problem. I am waiting for the beeps before upgrading mine.
Since I fitted my own I can bypass it very quickly without stripping anything so it never bothers me to much.You problem sounds electrical since it just cut out, and backfired on starting. Fueling issues present themselves slightly differently
Usually if the side stand or the clutch switch give trouble the engine will not turn over on the starter and everything on the bulb check will light up.
About 8 years ago on the way back from France we stopped for lunch about 60 miles from home and a bike that had worked flawlessly for 2 weeks would not switch on when . Everything dead, I lifted the tank and checked the connections in the box and sure enough there was a corrosion issue on the ignition switch connector. A dose of WD40 (always carry a very small can with me) sorted it temporarily until I got home but I had to redo the connector. When I went through all the other connectors there were traces of corrosion on many of them.. I treated them all with WD and did it again last year as a matter of form, but the initial dose of WD40 had kept the corrosion at bay.
Forgot to mention the Fuel pump has a small black connector under the tank near the pump pull it apart and treat that also.