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I put my deposit on an FTR 1200 the day they announced them, by the time the bikes were available I'd bought a Rocket 3 and got my deposit back. Recently I sold the Rocket 3 and bought an ex-demo standard model.
Well...On Wednesday I thought I'd jump on the bike and head up to the hills. I know the road well because I used to work up there a fair bit. I got into the hills where the road starts to get interesting and was just getting into it when the 1D10T lights flashed and the bike stalled fired up and stalled a couple of times before carking out all tofukngether! So I called up the dealer got the 24/7 road side assist number, and eventually found out hey couldn't do anything because they didn't have me on file. After several phone calls I called and paid for a tow truck, to be reimbursed, the dealer reckoned a dead battery and it sure looks like it. I put it on charge when I got home, nothing, nada, zip not even one orange light came on...
The dealer reckons it's dead battery, I've never heard of a battery dying in such a way. I got the new battery on Friday arvo, fitted it yesterday,and still nothing when I turn on the key. I put it on charge and this time the charger showed some lights and charged the battery right up, still no response when I turn on the key. I bought the old battery on charge to see what would happen, it appears to be charging so I have my doubts about the battery being the problem.
I'm really starting to have doubts about these bikes, yes they're fun to ride and yes they have nice power but, I'm finding it harder to have confidence in them, and wondering whether or not to keep it.
Some have mentioned the standard model having an analog speedo, I'm not so sure about that I reckon it might be a digital speedo dressed up as an analog speedo, mine's stuck on 50 K's since it died.
Well...On Wednesday I thought I'd jump on the bike and head up to the hills. I know the road well because I used to work up there a fair bit. I got into the hills where the road starts to get interesting and was just getting into it when the 1D10T lights flashed and the bike stalled fired up and stalled a couple of times before carking out all tofukngether! So I called up the dealer got the 24/7 road side assist number, and eventually found out hey couldn't do anything because they didn't have me on file. After several phone calls I called and paid for a tow truck, to be reimbursed, the dealer reckoned a dead battery and it sure looks like it. I put it on charge when I got home, nothing, nada, zip not even one orange light came on...
The dealer reckons it's dead battery, I've never heard of a battery dying in such a way. I got the new battery on Friday arvo, fitted it yesterday,and still nothing when I turn on the key. I put it on charge and this time the charger showed some lights and charged the battery right up, still no response when I turn on the key. I bought the old battery on charge to see what would happen, it appears to be charging so I have my doubts about the battery being the problem.
I'm really starting to have doubts about these bikes, yes they're fun to ride and yes they have nice power but, I'm finding it harder to have confidence in them, and wondering whether or not to keep it.
Some have mentioned the standard model having an analog speedo, I'm not so sure about that I reckon it might be a digital speedo dressed up as an analog speedo, mine's stuck on 50 K's since it died.