CNI Dawg

03 VTR occasionally resets the clock & trip odometer on it's own.

I'm guessing it's a loose connection or bad ground.....somewhere....

Was wondering if anyone has had this problem & found the fix.

I'll start by looking there first in my troubleshooting.

TIA

Bill

Mithrandir

Uh oh,. You are about to loose the reg/rec. These are the stock symptoms of this happening. It will be dead within a couple of weeks.

Have a read of this page: http://www.vlc.com.au/~justin/about/.../dead_reg.html

and then go check your bike. I'm positive you're going to find those same brownish connections happening.

CNI Dawg

Got me worried so I went & checked the R/R after reading your post.
It looks fine,
No burned or discoloration of the plug or wires at the R/R.

Battery checks at 12.5 volts sitting (everything off with no load)
Idle @ 1200 RPM is 13 volts
2000-3000 RPM it is 14 volts

Looks like Honda upgraded the R/R on this 2003 model with heat sink type fins.

If i can figure out how to upload these pictures you can see it.



I would be really disappointed with Honda if 2003 (new old stock) bike that has only been in service 7 months had a R/R failure already.
Guess I'll keep checking electrical connections.

swordfish

I have an alternate suggestion. has the bike taken a hard hit? or a crash or anything that might have really jarred the guage cluster? the reason I ask is because after I crashed my SH last summer, I noticed that I couldn't cycle to the trip meter from odometer. keep in mind, my bike as a 98 so the guage cluster is different, but anyway, when I finally got a chance to open up the guages and see what was going on, I noticed that a connection had snapped loose on the circuit board behind the speedo. if you pressed the housing for the power wire going to the board, the trip/odometer would work but as soon as you moved your finger, the connection would break, and no go. I used a small piece of wire, and fasioned a sort of clamp to hold the housing tightly against the circuit board. I was concerned that it would vibrate loose, but that was about 2 months ago, and so far so good. I know that your setup will be different, but it could just be a connection issue.

2Phaast

Another symptom of the R/R going bad is the headlamp bulbs going out for no reason. This happened a few times over a month or so, and I thought I was just getting cheap bulbs, then just like you, the Odom/trip would blank out, then one day the battery started to boil and what a foul smell that was for just a few minutes before I figured it out and shut it down..... I bought a new one from ServiceHonda.com for way less than the dealer, including shipping within 3 days..... Also if you want, I got a newer used one from the 1998 SH I just bought.... Let me know and I will send you some pics, etc....

CNI Dawg

No, the bike has never been hit, fallen, or crashed.

I wonder if the original factory warranty carries over to the second owner ??
It should still be in warranty till either March or April 2006.

A new R/R from Servicehonda.com is $101, from ronayers.com it's $108, & from Bikebandit.com is $156 !!
OK, maybe I'm a cheap skate but $101 + shipping could buy some 'bling' instead of a replacement part.

2Phaast

Save your $$$ for bling..... I'll sell you the new/used one from my red 98 for $25.00 plus 6.00 shipping which includes insurance (2day priority).

superbling

Don't over look the battery. It may be going out if the bike was serviced but then sat on the showroom floor. A battery in constant need of charging or a flaky cell could cause all sorts of electrical gremlins.

No, there's no warranty for a second owner. If there was, then we all could become dealers.