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-matt

posted on 18/10/11 at 02:45 PM Reply With Quote
Electric reverse causes engine to cut out.

Sorry for another thread.

But, ive got an electric reverse system (MK's) on my 2008 R1, but whenever i start reversing with engine running, but in neutral, the enginne just cuts out.

is there anything on the engine that could cause this? any type of safety cut off for a bike?

or could it be that, its using up all the power, and the engine can't cope?

or anyone with any other ideas?

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ko_racer

posted on 18/10/11 at 03:05 PM Reply With Quote
I had this on my R1, it seems there is too much of voltage drop when they reverse is being used, it seems to reset the ecu and cause the engine to stall. Only suggestion is to use a larger capacity battery.

There may be some way of using a very large capacitor to smooth out the supply to the engine loom, but I just ended up pressing the starter button again as it was easier.

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TimC

posted on 18/10/11 at 03:12 PM Reply With Quote
As above - or possibly two batteries and a split charge system - not a great weight saver though!

[Edited on 18/10/11 by TimC]






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-matt

posted on 18/10/11 at 03:24 PM Reply With Quote
ahh ok, so i take it, the easiest is to just turn the engine off when reversing?

And hope, it doesn't completely drain the battery, to get started again.

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tomgregory2000

posted on 18/10/11 at 03:52 PM Reply With Quote
what happens when you rev the engine when reversing?
Does it still cut out?

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gmoto

posted on 18/10/11 at 04:38 PM Reply With Quote
Shouldn't be anything from the bike side - I've gone backwards down hills at a reasonable pace fine on bikes (both intentionally, an in enduro-conditions, less so ).
quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
what happens when you rev the engine when reversing?
Does it still cut out?

I was just thinking you could make a throttle controller to rev the engine - not sure how these works, but if it's a variable speed reverse could get fancy an have the revs match the speed too .

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BobM

posted on 18/10/11 at 05:16 PM Reply With Quote
Yes, it's the reverse motor dropping the voltage enough to upset the ECU. TADTS :-)

Not worth worrying about it. I thought of using an additional battery and some sort of diode but decided there was no point. Easier to just hit the starter button after reversing!





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-matt

posted on 18/10/11 at 05:18 PM Reply With Quote
eye, thats an idea, can't try it now, but will try that in the week. But theory is, with more revs, there should be more volts going back to the battery (i think), and it deffinatly can't do any harm i supose.

also just checked the battery, and its only showing 11.7V, so i would say thats the main reason, i will get it on a good charge.

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amalyos

posted on 18/10/11 at 07:04 PM Reply With Quote
They always do it, just rev the nuts out of it while reversing.







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scudderfish

posted on 18/10/11 at 07:34 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by amalyos
They always do it, just rev the nuts out of it while reversing.


That way it doesn't sound like a milk float






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coyoteboy

posted on 18/10/11 at 09:56 PM Reply With Quote
Why not just get an electronically controlled vacuum switching valve and wire it in parallel with the reverse - auto idle-up. My car uses these for air con and a few other oem features.

[Edited on 18/10/11 by coyoteboy]

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ashg

posted on 18/10/11 at 10:22 PM Reply With Quote
its more likely that the reverse motor is putting too much draw on the alternator which is then straining the engine at idle and causing it to cut out. more revs when reversing should cure it or put a bigger final drive gear on it so there is less torque required from the motor to move the car





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tegwin

posted on 18/10/11 at 10:28 PM Reply With Quote
If its a voltage drop to the ECU.... wouldnt a suitable large capacitor and a diode on the input to the ECU overcome this?





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coyoteboy

posted on 18/10/11 at 10:29 PM Reply With Quote
Should be able to get this to work:
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One point though, if you're running an aftermarket ecu, check your battery voltage compensation - with it sufficiently wrong you could stall a car with the wipers.

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coyoteboy

posted on 18/10/11 at 10:30 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by tegwin
If its a voltage drop to the ECU.... wouldnt a suitable large capacitor and a diode on the input to the ECU overcome this?


Yes, but it would need to be pretty damn big and it'd cause your car to run-on after switching off without careful thought.

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nickw2000

posted on 24/3/12 at 11:13 PM Reply With Quote
Just to shed some light on myprogress with this.

I fitted a small jap style car battery with 330 amps

This charges absolutely fine on the charge system and draws enough power to run the electric reverse with a slight rev to 2k engine won't cut out

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