kudos
10 kW
I had to ride 5 miles home in extremely heavy rain and driving wind last night.
My bike had been left outside slightly sheltered but still getting rained on.
Straight away I noticed that throttle response seemed a bit odd and not linear or immediate. As the ride went on throttle response got worse and worse until eventually throttle became unresponsive.
Then with throttle in fully closed position suddenly I get full power! This was a bit scary to say the least.
I realised I couldn't trust the kit so every time I approached a stop I switched off controller. Last thing I wanted is the bike to throw me into the path of traffic.
The malfunction would go - throttle half working, not working, full power.
I am guessing there was water ingress into the throttle causing the problem.
I've tried the bike briefly today and all seems to be ok.
Anyone else had this issue?
Anyway to mitigate water ingress in really heavy rain?
Cheers,
Kudos
My bike had been left outside slightly sheltered but still getting rained on.
Straight away I noticed that throttle response seemed a bit odd and not linear or immediate. As the ride went on throttle response got worse and worse until eventually throttle became unresponsive.
Then with throttle in fully closed position suddenly I get full power! This was a bit scary to say the least.
I realised I couldn't trust the kit so every time I approached a stop I switched off controller. Last thing I wanted is the bike to throw me into the path of traffic.
The malfunction would go - throttle half working, not working, full power.
I am guessing there was water ingress into the throttle causing the problem.
I've tried the bike briefly today and all seems to be ok.
Anyone else had this issue?
Anyway to mitigate water ingress in really heavy rain?
Cheers,
Kudos