RSV speedo etc.

After jetwashing the RSV yesterday I discovered this morning that none of
the LCD displays work any more. Everything else on the instrument panel
does, tacho, lights etc., even the back light on the non functioning LCDs.

So it looks like a rather expensive trip to Wheel Power But this will
have to wait until I've changed the brake pads on the VFR I normally
commute on.

This wouldn't particularly matter except that one of the LCD displays is
the speedo, and my round trip to work passes 11 speed cameras.

So the question is, can anyone with an RSV with a functioning speedo tell
me what RPM equates to 30MPH in second? It's a 2001 RSV1000R with standard
gearing. I *think* it's about 3000. Today I've probably been pissing off
following traffic by going *under* 30MPH through the cameras to be on the
safe side.

Or does anyone have any insight into what simple failure can take out
*just* the LCD displays? I don't think it's the "computer" itself as I'm
pretty sure the tacho runs off this.

TIA, Ian

 

Probably water drove into some supposedly sealed part and is sitting on
a pcb or a chip. You could take the instrument pod apart and dry things
out slowly, but it'll happen again if you're enthusiastic with the
pressure washer.

Chances are a dry-out will fix it.
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Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
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Folding@Home Team UKRM
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Normally, with LCDs its the contact between the LCD assy and the PCB behind
it, I know this from fixing many a mates mobile phone thats been doused in
beer or hidden in the girlfriend.

If the LCD assy can be seperated from the PCB then a little gentle cleaning
of the contacts it sits on *should* do the trick.

Over zealous cleaning with over abrasive products should be avoided (don't
go there), a little RS contact cleaner on an ear wax remover style cotton
bud should do the trick.

Then leave the whole assy in the airing cupboard over night.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Ewwwwwwwwww !?!?!?

 

You have something against being oused in beer or?

 

Ian Northeast:

Before you waste your money, better do what others have recommended
and let everything dry out. Then spray on some WD40 or the like and
reassemble everything. It doesn't take too long and should do the
trick. If it doesn't work, you can still invest your money in Wheel
Power.

Generally it's a bad idea to wash a bike with these high pressure car
cleaner things. You can damage a lot more if you're standing too
close.

I have an older RSV, but it should be about right. Just take the VFR
to work until the RSV has dried out.

The ECU and the tach unit work separately and independently. If your
computer was broken, you'd be noticing that.

Regards,
Clemens

 

It's cheaper to simply buy a vibrator.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
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Folding@Home Team UKRM
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http://www.bsu.edu/web/mkwszolek/phone old cell.jpg

 

Heh. Vintage phone porn.

I useter have a Panasonic brick - great old thing it was.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
I demand nothing of you except that you amuse me.

Folding@Home Team UKRM
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In uk.rec.motorcycles, Grimly Curmudgeon belched forth and ejected the
following:

P6?

I had one of those, my very first "modern" mobile in 1988 )

Aye, I had a NEC summingoruvver before that where you had to pull the
aerial out with your teeth.

£15 a month line rental and 50p a minute - rounded up to the minute!

 

OK, I take it you've taken one apart then and it isn't too difficult? I
was afraid it might be a case of 300 little bits pinging out and
distributing themselves liberally over the garage.

I've never had trouble before (I always avoid spraying the wheel
bearings). But I think I will give them up now.

I don't think they vary in this respect, at least until the "Factory"
model which mine isn't. And this morning I carefully followed a chap on a
Fazer who also rides that way regularly through the camera on Balham High
Street where you always have to slow down and it was spot on 3K. So I
think it'll do. Taking the VFR isn't a good idea until I can replace the
brake pads or I'll knack the disc. I'll start taking the RSV apart once
the VF's sorted All the speed cameras on my commute are in 30 limits so
it's the only one which matters.

Thanks to all for your help,

Regards, Ian

 

Ian Northeast:

It's one circuit board with connections going to screens and sensors.
It ain't rocket science and there are less than 300 loose bits, but
it still reqires more thumb control than changing a truck wheel. If
you've ever changed the internals of a PC or repaired an RC car, you
should be able to do it in short time.

Regards,
Clemens

 

I unrecall the model number, it was approx 8"x6"x3" and weighed a ton.

Portable, my arse.

Came with a carkit though, so I built it into my topbox with the remote
handset behind the screen.

Feek; they've become retro-cool.

http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/13/nostalgia-never-fails-brick-cellies-becoming-retro-cool/

**** yes, and the ripoff contract companies who tried to screw you if
you changed your phone, by insisting on a new airtime contract for
another 12months.
Got a couple cloned to the one number instead - the system was supposed
to throw a wobbly if more than one phone at a time was switched on, but
it never did.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
I demand nothing of you except that you amuse me.

Folding@Home Team UKRM
http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=47957

 

Feck, there's a couple of hundred that went in the bin last year.

Wonder what I'll get for these two cans and ball of string?