abominmablebean

(PCB looked fine but I bridged 3 small corrosion points in the track) Haynes manual says its the low beam relay, indicator relay is marked as CBR600 too, indicator blinker is still being funny but the coolant is fine after a coolant change. I'll have to keep an eye on the fuel gauge, I guess I know what the next step is.. new relays.. thanks for the input TN Or a tip over sensor looking at the red wire....

Any ideas what this is? It was above the horn buried in the wiring behind the cluster, looks pike it was butchered and then electrical taped over

Yeah looks like a nice job for this Saturday checking the wiring and the back of the PCB. I'm now certain I have a bad earth somewhere. I've also tested the reg/reg after a ride under load 4500rpm and its putting out 14.2v if I remember, which seems to be about right. In the mean time I've rigged a manual fan switch, (a replacement switch is on the way) and freaked out with the VFR very nearly over heating (last bike was a B1 ZX9, bad memories of overheating/head gaskets/ head/ thermostat/ any and all parts of the cooling system). I Pulled off the tank and was going to remove the thermostat until I released that its buried under throttle bodies and FI, thought f**k this and put it back together. When the tank went back on the fuel gauge returned to normal and I never saw the temperature rise to anything unreasonable over the last month until a couple of days ago, the fuel gauge is stuck on full again (even just before filling up with 20L of fuel) and its running unusually hot. (95-100c on the motorway, up to 115c in traffic with the fan on, temperature still creeping up very slowly). The radiators are burning hot, coolant is defiantly flowing, I'll do a coolant change there just to be safe. Ill try to give an update after the weekend when I've checked and cleaned the PCB, wiring by the reg/reg and under the tank and air box and behind the instrument cluster. I'm thinking its reeeealy strange that the fuel level displayed on the LCD seems to be linked to overheating. Where are the main earthing points?

So... I have jumped the Kawasaki ship a couple of months ago and got myself a VFR 800 FI 1998, it's been a good little bike so far but there are a few bits bugging me, I'm just wondering if anyone else has similar issues or knows a fix. Had it for about 2 or 3 months now and I've put about 3000 miles on it while the weathers been good, Oil and oil filter have been changed, upgraded headlights to xenon bulbs (55/60w) and swapped the micron can the last owner had on for a stubby. Since I got the bike the left indicator blinker on the dash has never worked, the indicators outside in the fairing are fine. I changed the blinker bulb, now it only blinks when the headlights are off. I've also never heard the fan come on at temps of up to 110c (230f) while in traffic. This weekend I took the bike to Wales, it was about a 6 hour trip back on A roads, bike never went over 100c (212f) even in stop start through Liverpool city traffic. Got home, gauge showed just under half a tank. And then the problems started. Monday morning, the next time I started the bike, I and went on a >10 mile journey, fuel gauge showed as full, I didn't trust it, ended up putting 15 litres in, its not budged since and I've done about 80 miles since then. The bike has started getting really hot, ambient outside is about 24c (75f), once the bike is up to temp it stays 80-90c 176-194f while in motion even cruising 85mph in sixth on the motorway. I've not let it get past 110c 230f while stopped in traffic, I'll cut the engine first but I'm sure the temperature would carry on climbing, I've not seen the radiator fan come on yet. Both radiators get equally hot but you can still touch them with your bare hands. I burped the radiator this morning with the bike on the side stand, squeezed out all the pipes and ran the bike for 10 mins with the radiator cap off to get any air out, I grounded the main wire to the fan on the corner of the radiator and the fan came straight on with no issues, heat issue is still there, fuel sensor is plugged in properly too. I've just ordered in a new rad cap, the one I had felt really weak on compression. If the radiator cap is the bad part why would that affect the radiator fan coming on? Could it be something else altogether like the thermostat or fan sensor or an electrical fault linked to the indicator lights and fuel gauge? I'm fairly certain the thermostat is done, but I know pretty much nothing about electrics. Any help would be appreciated, thanks