Superduke R - limp mode

[Trogladyte]

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Don't you hate intermittent issues?

It's just done this for the second time.

Went for a ride, and everything warmed up nicely. Stopped for fuel. Showed "MTC error" on startup. Then, as I pulled away "TC Error" and engine light and TC light both on. Bike went into limp mode - no high rpm power, no quickshifter, no rider modes. I rode it home, and on a restart after 10 minutes everything was normal. No TC light. Engine light went out after 3 heat cycles.

Identical today - stopped for fuel, and then MT fail, TC fail, and limp mode. This time I tried stopping, switching everything off and restarting, but still in limp mode.

Just started it again after a couple of hours. All good - no TC light and no limp mode.

Any thoughts?

[David]

Bad reading from the turbo encapsuator?




Seriously....poor connection to a sensor or the black box ( or even a por chassis earth.).

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Poor earth connection, battery on it's way out, time to visit a KTM dealer

[weeksy]

Poor earth connection, battery on it's way out, time to visit a KTM dealer

Yeah that

[Trogladyte]

Thanks.

Interesting. I've had MTC Fail before due to poor battery connections, but it's always been on starting from cold. Checked battery connections yesterday, and they seemed ok, but snugged them up.

[weeksy]

How many V showing overnight?

[Trogladyte]

12.3v on the meter last night .

[weeksy]

12.3v on the meter last night .

Not a terrible number then...

What i'd try is plugging it into a charger and seeing if you get the startup message so it's getting a little more juice at startup time.

But, as you'll have no doubt seen on KTM forums by now.... these things happen with 1290s.

[scottyuk]

Had it on my GT after it had sat during lock down. Fitted the Healtech exhaust flap eliminator and that solved it.