The shit VFR experience continues

[mrmistoffelee...]

New Reg/Reg
New battery
New generator

Still intermittently not charging correctly to 14.5v ....

Dealer know doesn't know where to go or what to check next. They've offered me an alternative bike (don't want) my money back (don't really want) or they can keep trying to fix this but they dont know how long it will take.

Can anyone help ?

[Kris]

[arry]

I concur wholeheartedly with the above. Honestly, once a problem child, always a problem child.

Electrical gremlins are the worst kind and unless you get someone a) seriously good at what they do and b) actually interested in taking the job at reasonable quids per hour it'll just cost you nothing but time, money and heartache.

[Rogerborg]

A dealer offered you a full refund for a Friday bike and you didn't bite their hand off?

That's like your husband beating you up but offering to walk out the door any time you say so. If you don't take that option then you become complicit in the abuse.
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[mrmistoffelee...]

Thanks gents...

Rather pissed off !!

[BTTD]

Take money.
Run.

[stinkwheel]

Dealer knows fuck all about motorcycle electrics. A VFR charging system is very simple.

If it's had a new battery, reg/rec and alternator, the problem must be, and always has been, in the wiring because that's the only other componant in the charging system.

Typical dealer shite, replace parts until the problem goes away with no knowledge of how they work or what they do. They employ fitters, not mechanics. Some very simple tests, say 20 minutes with a £5 multimeter would have told them exactly where the problem was on day 1.

Not your problem though. Get your money back and walk away.
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[Baggyman]

Take money. Demand further compensation - new jacket or whatever - to make up for all the inconvenience.

Tell us the dealer's name so we can avoid
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[Tankie]

I recon it's an earthing problem, check or modify the frame to engine earthing .
Yes I specialise in automotive electrics
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[Polarbear]

FFS, you buy from a dealer in case of issues and when you get them you persevere with the stupid choice

Get money back or different bike before said dealer gets fed up and the real problems start.
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[stinkwheel]

[arry]

[Rogerborg]

[BTTD]

[ADSrox0r]

Worth checking the main fuse wire next to the battery, it's a known weak point. Hondasan in its infinite wisdom decided to use dental floss gauge wire for a 20 amp connection and they often melt causing much electrical fuckery.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Take money and run.

Or take a replacement machine from the dealer. They sound like they're trying to do the right thing.
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[iooi]

[BTTD]

Mate had a VFR and had some intermittent electrical issues. I'd been reading some guys blog on building a pole barn, and he also had a Goldwing which he'd had electrical issues with which he traced to corroded earth in a connector block. Apparently a common issue on some Goldwings.
Mate went through his VFR and found a nastily corroded connecter, cleaned it out and dielectric greased it up. Problems disappeared.

[Fizzer Thou]

A multimeter is one of my principle tools in the workshop.It is worth far more than the £10 that it cost.

But any employed workshop bod should....should know how to use one.

Most often it is a bad or corroded connection.I learnt that in the Navy
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[Minty]

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[Robby]

I fitted a MOSFET one to my VFR after the original died and the Chinese replacement didn't work from new.

It isn't something the dealer is going to do for you thought - it requires building or adapting a wiring harness to plug it into the loom, I used a Triumph one. You'll be spending at least £100 with no guarantee of fixing the problem.

I would probably return the bike. There could be other problems hiding, and VFRs are fairly complex bikes with lots of small, not very accessible bits that can fail.

[stinkwheel]