Tilt Sensor
#1
11-21-2007, 02:51 PM
Tilt Sensor
Does anyone know anything about a tilt sensor that signifies whether or not the bike has been laid down before? Where it is located? Can you tell if it has been reset? How do you go about reseting it?
#3
11-21-2007, 05:30 PM
RE: Tilt Sensor
The sensor does not record when the bike was laid down, it's only purpose is in the event that the bike falls over or is laid down in an accident, it quickly shuts off the bike. The switch is self-resetting, when the bike is upright again, you can start it.
#4
11-21-2007, 08:48 PM
RE: Tilt Sensor
If you trip the tilt sensor you will need to toggle your ignition and/or kill switch to restart the bike. I believe that the sensor only shuts down the fuel pump and spark ignition... you still have lights and instrumentation.
The sensor is located under the operators seat. It is mounted to the underside of a bare finish cast aluminum bracket which is mounted across the sub frame. The same bracket also functions as the fuel tank pivot.
If you still cannot locate it i could scan the page from the service manual.
The sensor is located under the operators seat. It is mounted to the underside of a bare finish cast aluminum bracket which is mounted across the sub frame. The same bracket also functions as the fuel tank pivot.
If you still cannot locate it i could scan the page from the service manual.
#6
11-23-2007, 10:11 AM
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Ft. Gordon (Augusta) GA
Posts: 8,268
RE: Tilt Sensor
Your best bet to find out if a bike has been layed down is to do a really thorough inspection of it. Most riders who lay down their bikes only fix the obvious damage. Time to put to use everything you learned from all of those years of watching CSI.
#8
11-23-2007, 09:23 PM
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Keller (DFW), Texas
Posts: 4,242
RE: Tilt Sensor
It's under the riders seat and rattles when you shake it. Look on the kawasaki website; owners information; parts diagrams.
#9
11-24-2007, 01:26 PM
RE: Tilt Sensor
Also if you are looking for it in the manual, it's called the vehicle-down sensor and found in the fuel section since it cuts off the fuel supply when activated. Here are three pages about the vehicle-down sensor right out of the service manual.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...downsensor.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ownsensor1.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ownsensor2.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...downsensor.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ownsensor1.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ownsensor2.jpg
#10
01-30-2011, 11:16 PM
tilt sensor location
If you trip the tilt sensor you will need to toggle your ignition and/or kill switch to restart the bike. I believe that the sensor only shuts down the fuel pump and spark ignition... you still have lights and instrumentation.
The sensor is located under the operators seat. It is mounted to the underside of a bare finish cast aluminum bracket which is mounted across the sub frame. The same bracket also functions as the fuel tank pivot.
If you still cannot locate it i could scan the page from the service manual.
The sensor is located under the operators seat. It is mounted to the underside of a bare finish cast aluminum bracket which is mounted across the sub frame. The same bracket also functions as the fuel tank pivot.
If you still cannot locate it i could scan the page from the service manual.
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