Hot wire an F4i????

[CHILI]

So one of my good friends recently bought his first bike. 2003 F4i with 2006 banana seat subrame and plastics. Nice bike for a first bike. Came outside early one morning to go to work and the bike was gone. Cable was cut. Luckily, the theives did not succeed and left the bike on the other side of the parking lot, where my buddy found it.

The bike was damaged in the process of being stolen. Gas cap had been pried open and the gas cap ring broken into 4 peices, banana seat was off and they had broken the latch to the seat- (looked as though they were trying to mess with the battery), top triple cracked in half nearly and the bolts that hold the ingition cylinder in are all stripped out and the ingition cylinder housing broken, and they had cut the wires to the ignition.

There are 4 wires on the ignition. Red with black, Red, Blue, and Pink. They had the Blue and Pink exposed and had the Red wire and the Red with black wire twisted together. And the battery was dead.

Is that even the proper way to hot wire an F4i??? Did they attempt to remove the ignition and then cut the wire when removing the ignition failed?? Why the hell would you pry the gas cap open and mess with taking the seat off to get to the battery???

Just wondering what the theives were doing exactly. (If they were smart, they would have just cut the cable and loaded it into a truck; at least i would)

[maverickxp]

Probably just some dumbasses that don't know much about bikes. My question OS how the hell did the break the triple in half

[maverickxp]

Oh and the ignition bolts are supposed to be stripped so they can't be easily removed. You have take the triple off and drill the heads to remove them then replace them

[beardo]

That pink wire has a lower voltage than the battery, I think its like 5 v. There is a diodes in the ignition, if that's not working the bike will never run. There is a thread somewhere about diy zenzer diode from radio shack to eliminate the ignition sw. Might be on s.l.

[kjobrien84]

http://stuntride.com/vbstunt/showthread.php?t=33803

[beardo]

Originally Posted by kjobrien84

http://stuntride.com/vbstunt/showthread.php?t=33803

very nice!! repped!

[CHILI]

Thanks guys! But the ignition is fine, just put the wires back together and the bike runs and starts fine, with the exception that the battery is dead and needs replacing now. Could the battery have died from the two Red wires being hooked together over night???

Just gotta solder the wires back together when i get the time and it should be ok.

I was just wanting to know why the theives did what they did lol even though it didn't work out for them The two red wires together, etc

[maverickxp]

Originally Posted by CHILI

Thanks guys! But the ignition is fine, just put the wires back together and the bike runs and starts fine, with the exception that the battery is dead and needs replacing now. Could the battery have died from the two Red wires being hooked together over night???

Just gotta solder the wires back together when i get the time and it should be ok.

I was just wanting to know why the theives did what they did lol even though it didn't work out for them The two red wires together, etc

Sounds like someone is looking for bike theft 101 lol

[ny450]

sounds like they definitly dont know the f4i well, maybe just figured red and red together would start it? anyone that knew the bike would know that pink wire in crucial to the bike running. probably got frustrated with it and started trying anything and everything hence the random broken shit. sucks either way but good to hear you got it back and its running!

[!!stretch!!]

might have been trying to jump the starter relay when they removed the seat but with the ignition not on to cut fuel pump and all the other goodys on...they just killed the batter??? that would be my guess.