The pulsar showed me its ugly unreliable face again!

And again in the form of an electrical issue!

Was riding thru the city and Bang the bike just stalled, I thought its one of those funny tuning issue so I just thumbed the starter again. Nothing! The thing did not crank at all, it was only then that I glanced at the display and I shocked to see it -Blank- ! Pulled over the bike to side and just tried to reboot it after switching it on and off 2-3 times....Again Nothing!

I knew a fuse had blown, so I pulled out the seat to check the under seat 10A fuse. That was fine! Next checked the 15A fuse next to the battery, that had blown!
Next I put in the backup fuse and the bike just came back to life. But wait the pulsar had not yet finished its nakhra's! I switched on the fuel pump and Bang! this fuse also blew.

With no other option left I called up my PBK mech who came promptly within 15 mins, he tried to make a temp. direct connection which did not work! So we towed the bike back to PBK.

After spending one whole day the cause for the short was found exactly under the pillion seat where the wire bundle that has the connector for the diagnostic tool and the 10A fuse was rubbing against the pillion seats mount had sheared off the external covering and the wire was naked and exposed to the frame of the bike. That was causing the shorting of the circuit and blowing of the fuse. Damn!

As a cautionary note, I would advise you guys to put in a additional layer of tape on the wire set that runs below the pilion seat and has the connector for the diagnostic tool. This is required as that wire is prone to be moved for connecting the diagnostic tool, checking the fuse etc!

Sad to hear that !!... So the P220 showed us its one more black side.... and again the electricals. It was fortunate that this happened in the city and not on a long ride... else you would have to .......

Will check out my bike's fuse and double tape the wires under the seat.

@Praful: Is this the case with the P200 too? Really scary thing to even think of something like this happening when you are miles away from any kind of population, in the hills, riding your heart out!

The pulsar showed me its ugly unreliable face again!

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Thats really wierd. One of the newer problems that I have heard about.
Yes, I think taping would be a good suggestion in this case.

@praful-Being an experienced campaigner I thought you had already done that.Anyways its better that you faced the problem inside the city and let everyone know about it.

P.S:I had done it when my bike was 3k old.

Thanks for the heads up Praful,

Its time I tape up the wires of my P220 too.. at almost one and half years it is not exactly a fresh new bike anymore.

Mine is about 16months old now and has done close to 33K.

@Praful : sad to hear ur story, but i guess it just goes to show tat its better to rely on nimbu mirchi than on 220 electricals

On a serious note, u are lucky it happened in city, if it wld have happened on some long rides to lag jati....
and the problem with 220 is You just cant take it to any other local garage

Well when I said new it mean a less that 3 years old bike!

Mine is about 16months old now and has done close to 33K. That still means its more or less not an old bike. Still the shearing of the wires I guess has nothing to do with age of the bike.

Another cause for shorting is the wires that run under tank to slightly sag and touch the engine, this melts the outer covering and causes the wire to short again! This happened on John's 220 laster year enroute to Yercaud.

Irony is, I was to head out to Yercaud too yesterday!