Twisted Jester
I have a low mileage 2007 DuperDuke with a factory fitted 'Gemel' alarm. Recently it has begun to blow Fuse 7 (Main Relay) while starting the bike. The start-up sequence is as follows:
1) the kill-switch is in the 'On' position
2) switch the ignition to the 'On' position
3) hit the button on the alarm remote control
Instead of the display lighting up and the rev counter doing a full rotation, the display remains blank and the 10A fuse in slot 7 blows. The bike still starts when I hit the start button and it runs as normal (with no display however - nothing at all). With the fuse blown I still need to use the alarm fob to disable the alarm for subsequent starts (there's no audible chirp confirming this action however).
Replacing the fuse and retrying has the same result and just blows the fuse (Albert Einstein described Insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"). I'm tempted to remove the alarm (which seems to be directly related to the issue) but I believe I need to get a blanking plug to complete the circuit.
Has anyone else encountered this issue before? If so how did you remedy this?
1) the kill-switch is in the 'On' position
2) switch the ignition to the 'On' position
3) hit the button on the alarm remote control
Instead of the display lighting up and the rev counter doing a full rotation, the display remains blank and the 10A fuse in slot 7 blows. The bike still starts when I hit the start button and it runs as normal (with no display however - nothing at all). With the fuse blown I still need to use the alarm fob to disable the alarm for subsequent starts (there's no audible chirp confirming this action however).
Replacing the fuse and retrying has the same result and just blows the fuse (Albert Einstein described Insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"). I'm tempted to remove the alarm (which seems to be directly related to the issue) but I believe I need to get a blanking plug to complete the circuit.
Has anyone else encountered this issue before? If so how did you remedy this?