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The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => The Bike - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: gildaguz on October 23, 2012, 04:45:15 PM

Title: LCD display problen
Post by: gildaguz on October 23, 2012, 04:45:15 PM
Today in my daily ride to work when first start it at 5:30 AM saw that there was some thing wrong with the display, turn it off and start it again and stay like that all the way to my work 22 miles away,  take those photos before turn it off, and when returning home at 3:00 in the afternoon every thing went back to normal , it is a 2009  with 25500 miles and i live in south Florida
(http://i32.servimg.com/u/f32/12/22/83/92/cluste11.jpg)(http://i32.servimg.com/u/f32/12/22/83/92/cluste10.jpg)
This  other picture is for comparision
(http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/22/83/92/cluste10.jpg)
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: reesedp on October 23, 2012, 04:53:30 PM
Now THAT is one I havent seen before...  I am sure someone will be posting either something about KIPASS, or what weight of oil you might be using in a bit.  Hope it went back to normal for ya!
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: lather on October 23, 2012, 05:19:51 PM
That has happened to me on two occasions with my 08, which has 88,000 miles.  I believe in both cases the error did not resolve until the fob was taken out of range. In other words, turning the ignition on and off with the fob in range had no effect but when I turned the ignition off and then walked out of range with the fob in pocket the problem was gone when I returned to the bike and started.  So I believe it as to do with a communication error between the fob and KIPASS. And I am pretty sure in both cases that I was sloppy in turning the stove knob. I did not initially turn the knob all they way to the On position, such that it was temporarily in the between position.

I am not making any claims but after the second time I have been careful to be more precise in turning the knob and the problem has not returned. Also both times this occurred I was riding for extended periods in rainy weather.
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: gildaguz on October 23, 2012, 05:30:07 PM
That has happened to me on two occasions with my 08, which has 88,000 miles.  I believe in both cases the error did not resolve until the fob was taken out of range. In other words, turning the ignition on and off with the fob in range had no effect but when I turned the ignition off and then walked out of range with the fob in pocket the problem was gone when I returned to the bike and started.  So I believe it as to do with a communication error between the fob and KIPASS. And I am pretty sure in both cases that I was sloppy in turning the stove knob. I did not initially turn the knob all they way to the On position, such that it was temporarily in the between position.

I am not making any claims but after the second time I have been careful to be more precise in turning the knob and the problem has not returned. Also both times this occurred I was riding for extended periods in rainy weather.
Thanks for replay,some thing that happened after start the trip was the error message that say NO TRANSPONDER,  and stayed on for about two blocks, temperature was a little lower than normal this morning
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: feelergaugephil on October 23, 2012, 10:30:17 PM
Sorry bout your problem, but please drop those tire pressures way down....... thats got to be a hard ride.
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: FL_Cruzin on October 24, 2012, 03:52:50 AM
Today in my daily ride to work when first start it at 5:30 AM saw that there was some thing wrong with the display, turn it off and start it again and stay like that all the way to my work 22 miles away,  take those photos before turn it off, and when returning home at 3:00 in the afternoon every thing went back to normal , it is a 2009  with 25500 miles and i live in south Florida
(http://i32.servimg.com/u/f32/12/22/83/92/cluste11.jpg)(http://i32.servimg.com/u/f32/12/22/83/92/cluste10.jpg)
This  other picture is for comparision
(http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/12/22/83/92/cluste10.jpg)

I had this problem, the issue for me was the battery connections were loose.  The LCD was not getting enough voltage. 
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: Conrad on October 24, 2012, 04:24:52 AM
Connie gets grouchy when she has to get up that early.

My vote is for the battery connection and not the fob/com issue.
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: wroman on October 24, 2012, 06:08:20 AM
  Idle speed a little low.
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: Mister Tee on October 24, 2012, 08:58:03 AM
Sorry bout your problem, but please drop those tire pressures way down....... thats got to be a hard ride.

You wouldn't want to see MY tpms display then, because it reads higher than that when the tires heat up!

(says one that prefers higher pressures.)
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: MGvaleri on October 24, 2012, 09:36:32 AM
I could have solved.
By this application within the instrument panel made ​​from a visor, I could have solved the problem of the LCD when hit by sunlight that fades the coloring itself indications of black LCD display.
(http://i47.tinypic.com/29n6ws0.jpg)

http://youtu.be/4tMwAFmWICk (http://youtu.be/4tMwAFmWICk)


MGvalerio. 8)
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: VirginiaJim on October 24, 2012, 10:53:00 AM
That doesn't look like sun damage to me, MG.
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: Conrad on October 24, 2012, 10:58:38 AM
That doesn't look like sun damage to me, MG.

Perhaps it is sun damage after all Jim, from the recent large X1-class solar flare, http://www.spaceweather.com/ (http://www.spaceweather.com/)

Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: VirginiaJim on October 24, 2012, 11:55:55 AM
You're approaching Twit status...
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: Conrad on October 24, 2012, 12:02:44 PM
You're approaching Twit status...

Would that be like a Jr Twit or a Twit Jr?
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: VirginiaJim on October 24, 2012, 12:24:05 PM
Jr. Twit.  Pokey is the senior/forum Twit. 
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: chap on October 24, 2012, 01:10:57 PM
To me it looks likew some kind of dispaly driver problem. The display is working, just not refreshing properly. May be a loose or bad solder connection on the display board in the head unit.
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: MGvaleri on October 24, 2012, 11:52:19 PM
That doesn't look like sun damage to me, MG.

When can I check will post video clips,  :rotflmao:hahaha .... all in the light of the sun.


MGvalerio. 8)
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: feelergaugephil on October 25, 2012, 12:24:48 AM
If I leave my Connie in the sun the instrument cluster fails to work, heat issue down here in Louisiana, so now I keep a small towel in my tank bag to cover the instruments when I stop for a while.
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: gildaguz on October 25, 2012, 10:22:13 AM
To me it looks likew some kind of dispaly driver problem. The display is working, just not refreshing properly. May be a loose or bad solder connection on the display board in the head unit.
i agree with you,that's why i state about the difference on temperature compared with the days before
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: OregonLAN on October 25, 2012, 10:41:02 AM
Just remove the cheesy LCD and replace it with a GPS. You wouldn't have to worry about TPS/Low fuel sensors or any of that stuff. :)
Title: Re: LCD display problen
Post by: MGvaleri on October 27, 2012, 06:54:03 AM
Sunshade already built.

(http://i49.tinypic.com/53raz8.jpg)

New vision with sun visor LCD instrument panel information.

(http://i47.tinypic.com/2ch6pf7.jpg)


MGvalerio. 8)