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What would you do? - Automobile advice
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Hey guys.
I was changing my bulbs the other day, and then the lights went - went online to ask some guys and they said its probably a cascade failure which is common on bikes since if one goes it blows the other. So anyway, was on the way to halfords and the bike cuts out power. A fuse blew. So took it home, and rather than replacing the fuse myself knowing if there was an undiagnosed electrical fault (considering the bulbs just going too) I called mechanic. Turns out that the CDI or ignition has gone. Called Yamaha. Want £386 for a new one! Going to try to source a new one but my options if this doesn't work (and I have a feeling it wont
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- Send my old one off to be repaired for £100
- Get a new one for £386
- Sell the bike and concentrate on driving lessons, leave it til after I've left uni (:()
- Sell the bike, use my savings and get something more reliable.
The one I got was a steal at £350, it was running so wasn't a mechanical issue, it was just old and I guess things go. I could probably get £100 or so if I sold it for spares or repairs but I estimated I've spent probably £600 (including the current work it's having done) since I've had it getting it legal (I have to pay 'young person tax' on restriction kits and insurance, after all).
I'm a bit stumped at the minute. This will sound sad, but biking is at the moment something I've put a lot of my emotional energy into... sigh.
I was changing my bulbs the other day, and then the lights went - went online to ask some guys and they said its probably a cascade failure which is common on bikes since if one goes it blows the other. So anyway, was on the way to halfords and the bike cuts out power. A fuse blew. So took it home, and rather than replacing the fuse myself knowing if there was an undiagnosed electrical fault (considering the bulbs just going too) I called mechanic. Turns out that the CDI or ignition has gone. Called Yamaha. Want £386 for a new one! Going to try to source a new one but my options if this doesn't work (and I have a feeling it wont
)- Send my old one off to be repaired for £100
- Get a new one for £386
- Sell the bike and concentrate on driving lessons, leave it til after I've left uni (:()
- Sell the bike, use my savings and get something more reliable.
The one I got was a steal at £350, it was running so wasn't a mechanical issue, it was just old and I guess things go. I could probably get £100 or so if I sold it for spares or repairs but I estimated I've spent probably £600 (including the current work it's having done) since I've had it getting it legal (I have to pay 'young person tax' on restriction kits and insurance, after all).
I'm a bit stumped at the minute. This will sound sad, but biking is at the moment something I've put a lot of my emotional energy into... sigh.
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My money is on the reg/rec failing to a high, i.e too much voltage being pumped through the system. If it is the case, then it should be as simple as swapping the reg/rec, and a precautionary swap of the battery as well.
Failed on my VFR, wouldn't output more than 13v, nor would it produce enough juice to power the bike and the headlamp at the same time. But they can fail in either direction
Aftermarket reg/rec and a battery should come in at around 75 quid or so.