i had this exact same problem on my 690SMC - dealer replaced sensor, fault still happened!!!

turned out to be a bad earth

 

Cheers for that.Did you have any problem starting sometimes? i.e. push the start button nothing happens.

 

There was me thinking that Mummybear had been rather quiet of late - probably too busy out enjoying her 690 (between the Mumbia-style monsoon in the Vale of Leven).

But, No - Further problems with the bike are reported. Mummybear postings are rapidly looking like a really poor advertisement for the 690 Duke III.

Looks like a return trip to Avuss, another warranty claim and another nail in the coffin of KTM's reputation.

 

re: not starting.

With my 690 sm I had a similar weird thing happen a couple of times.

Turned key on, waited for tacho sweep and lights on dash to do their check.
Fi light stayed on(not blinking) pressed starter nothing.

Turned ignition off then back on, everything back to normal and bike started.

Happened about 4 times in a year.

Contacted dealer(fowlers) who said it may be a bad earth.

Took off tank and tightened earth point(which was not very tight) and its not happened since.

Also treated all connectors that I could get at with silicone spray.

Think that on these forums I have read of dealers filing of the paint underneath the earth points for better contact to frame, may try this if it happens again.

Hope this may be of some help.

 

With my 690 sm I had a similar weird thing happen a couple of times.

Turned key on, waited for tacho sweep and lights on dash to do their check.
Fi light stayed on(not blinking) pressed starter nothing.

Turned ignition off then back on, everything back to normal and bike started.

Happened about 4 times in a year.

Contacted dealer(fowlers) who said it may be a bad earth.

Took off tank and tightened earth point(which was not very tight) and its not happened since.

Also treated all connectors that I could get at with silicone spray.

Think that on these forums I have read of dealers filing of the paint underneath the earth points for better contact to frame, may try this if it happens again.

Hope this may be of some help.

Cheers! will do if she does it again.

 

You're not having a lot of luck with that bike are you. Mine's been fine.

 

Mummybear, mine did the same thing and as has been suggested above it was cured by sorting the earth. In my case that meant undoing the earth bolt, cleaning all the earth wires and reattaching it all and finally giving it all a blast with ACF50 (WD40 would be better than nothing). HTH. PS, it's an easy job to do.

 

hi mate can U tell me which one is the earth cable. Just to make sure don't wanna f.ck the things up
thanks

 

It's unclear to me why scraping off a bit of paint under the connector would do much good, since the bolt itself is grounded via the threads and has plenty of contact with wire's 'eye' clamp section. ?
wayne

 

Think it's called belts and braces.