Yesterday, 10:49 AM
Whatever you do DONT touch the alarm until you've sorted out the clutch issue. I was an approved installer at one point, Meta's got a bad name back in the day mainly because the internal battery was allowed to drain below it's recoverable voltage. Unlike today they had what called memory effect, won't bore you but it can't recharge fully and slowly dies. They were also pigs to replace, the same applied to early Datatools only they couldn't be replaced without cutting open the unit.
The other problem was crap installations, to fit any decent system takes about 6 hrs! Many were fitted in an hour (piggy back i.e. run the wires on the outside of the loom) or so back in the day again all about workshop time, stealers got no extra payment beyond a set fee and only if there were an approved installer. Back in the day pretty much all sports and over 600cc bikes had to have an alarm or no insurance and it was very easy to get installer status if you was a stealer. Interestingly today it's trackers for any bike over 20k. All the wires are black only the ends are colour coded and the wire are way too long so they can be cut and the colour is lost and wired one at a time, that plus they should cut into the bikes loom, which mean in some cases a complete strip of body work/firings. I did a few Goldwings they took almost 2 days! Both still have them fitted and still work albeit their internal batteries have been changed.
Anyway the point I'm making is if it's been wired in correctly you're going to have to unpick the loom and trace each wire, cut it and repair. If it's just piggy backed it's fairly simple but can still go wrong and you'll end up with a dead bike! A bike which is under a warranty and potentially has other problems, think about it!
The other problem was crap installations, to fit any decent system takes about 6 hrs! Many were fitted in an hour (piggy back i.e. run the wires on the outside of the loom) or so back in the day again all about workshop time, stealers got no extra payment beyond a set fee and only if there were an approved installer. Back in the day pretty much all sports and over 600cc bikes had to have an alarm or no insurance and it was very easy to get installer status if you was a stealer. Interestingly today it's trackers for any bike over 20k. All the wires are black only the ends are colour coded and the wire are way too long so they can be cut and the colour is lost and wired one at a time, that plus they should cut into the bikes loom, which mean in some cases a complete strip of body work/firings. I did a few Goldwings they took almost 2 days! Both still have them fitted and still work albeit their internal batteries have been changed.
Anyway the point I'm making is if it's been wired in correctly you're going to have to unpick the loom and trace each wire, cut it and repair. If it's just piggy backed it's fairly simple but can still go wrong and you'll end up with a dead bike! A bike which is under a warranty and potentially has other problems, think about it!
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