Replacing sensors with resistors?

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BenWah · #1 Post by **BenWah** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:09 pm

In the process of stripping my Falco racer, I'm considering removing some of the sensors and replacing them with the manual specified resistances.

This has come about because the bike has always run with the EFI light flashing once it's been on for more than a few seconds. According to the diagnostics it was the missing Fall Sensor (the bike didn't come with one). It ran fine but the efi was flashing. So I inserted the Fall Sensor from my other bike - hey presto, the fault code 41 and the efi flash went away.

Now, my question is... if the bike runs fine without the sensor (which it seems to), then is there any reason I can't put 62kOhms of resistance where the sensor would have gone, just so it can run without the efi flashing? Obviously, I'd like the efi flash to be available for any other faults if they crop up - which I wouldn't know about if it was constantly on.

Thoughts?

D-Rider · #2 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 3:42 pm

I believe you can trick it with a resistor but wouldn't it be a good idea to have a working tip over sensor on a competition machine?

BenWah · #3 Post by **BenWah** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:15 pm

True, just trying to look at all of the possibilities for saving weight. Besides, the tip-over rattly thing costs £35+vat...

Falcopops · #4 Post by **Falcopops** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:15 pm

IIRC plenty of guys on the AF1 site have done the resistor mod in place of the tip over.

Since there have been cases of problems caused by faulty sensors I'd be tempted to go without in your situation. You could fit a wrist lanyard cut out to the kill switch if needed.