2006 VFR800 Dash Issue

[inglewoodjack7888]

Hello, 

 

I’ve had this bike for a couple years now without any issues until the other day. It’s a 2006 with about 65k miles. Previous owner had installed a power commander, rectifier/regulator upgrade, led lights. While I was going out for a ride, about 30 minutes into it while cruising down the road, I lost power to my headlights (high and low), Speedo, tach, odometer, and fuel gauge. That’s it, bike continued to run normal. My turn signals, brake lights, clock all still worked. I’ve checked the 2 fuses under the seat by the battery, the fuse box in the front RT top fairing, and looked around for anything that may have shook loose but didn’t see anything. Does anyone have an idea of where I should look to next? Thanks for your time.

[Grum]

On 9/12/2023 at 4:34 AM, inglewoodjack7888 said:

Hello, 

 

I’ve had this bike for a couple years now without any issues until the other day. It’s a 2006 with about 65k miles. Previous owner had installed a power commander, rectifier/regulator upgrade, led lights. While I was going out for a ride, about 30 minutes into it while cruising down the road, I lost power to my headlights (high and low), Speedo, tach, odometer, and fuel gauge. That’s it, bike continued to run normal. My turn signals, brake lights, clock all still worked. I’ve checked the 2 fuses under the seat by the battery, the fuse box in the front RT top fairing, and looked around for anything that may have shook loose but didn’t see anything. Does anyone have an idea of where I should look to next? Thanks for your time.

With all those various items not working, it sounds like you have a Ground issue.

Check the yellow ground block (if it has one!) taped into the wire harness, located front left side of the bike. Make sure all pins and sockets are clean, no sign of oxidization or burnt connection. May require cutting the block out and soldering all of the wires together.

Also check the Green ground wire going through the 18P Blue connector, located just above the left side radiator.

See attached pictures.

Make sure that any Ground wire has solid continuity, (virtually zero ohms) back to the battery Negative. Make sure that with power on, Ground wires have ZERO Voltage on them with respect to the battery Negative, voltage detected on a Ground wire means it's not properly Grounded.

Good Luck.

 

[inglewoodjack7888]

Thank you very much. I’ll try to get out and check all that out sometime this week and get back to you.

[inglewoodjack7888]

 

On 9/15/2023 at 9:18 PM, Grum said:

With all those various items not working, it sounds like you have a Ground issue.

Check the yellow ground block (if it has one!) taped into the wire harness, located front left side of the bike. Make sure all pins and sockets are clean, no sign of oxidization or burnt connection. May require cutting the block out and soldering all of the wires together.

Also check the Green ground wire going through the 18P Blue connector, located just above the left side radiator.

See attached pictures.

Make sure that any Ground wire has solid continuity, (virtually zero ohms) back to the battery Negative. Make sure that with power on, Ground wires have ZERO Voltage on them with respect to the battery Negative, voltage detected on a Ground wire means it's not properly Grounded.

Good Luck.

Hey sorry for the late reply, just realized I never responded on here. Thanks Grum, there were breaks in the green wire going into and out of the blue connector so I jumped the connection like you have in the last pic and everything works again. I appreciate the help!

[Grum]

9 minutes ago, inglewoodjack7888 said:

 

Hey sorry for the late reply, just realized I never responded on here. Thanks Grum, there were breaks in the green wire going into and out of the blue connector so I jumped the connection like you have in the last pic and everything works again. I appreciate the help!

Good news. Glad it's all fixed and you're on the road again.