Got stranded this morning on a group ride when we stopped for breakfast on my brand new 2021 RSV4 with 927 miles on the odometer.
Ambient temperature was 86 F when I left the house this morning to meet up with a small group of sportbike riders, rode 18 miles of backroads to the next town over where the meet up occurred.
Bike was running awesome and I noticed the coolant temperature was looking good, around 176 F peak and was looking forward to some good riding.
Pulled in and had breakfast with the boys, maybe one hour and twenty minutes, then we mapped out a plan for the ride and saddled up.
I had parked my bike near the front door of the restaurant in direct sunlight, ambient temperature had increased to mid 90s by now and I thought, my butt is going to roast on that saddle after heat soaking for an hour in the sun!
Put key in, turned switch, nada, nothing, zippo. No display, completely black. Hit start button....nothing, zilch! The display felt very warm to the touch but then everything on the bike was pretty hot.
A couple of the guys started gathering around in attempt to troubleshoot and we found the only things working were flashing amber lights in the front cowl, red tail light but no brake light, the headlights work and the horn works, almost like emergency roadside lighting . Also there is the small, red flashing light in upper left hand corner of the display, otherwise display is completely blacked out. I can't hear anything when I turn the switch to the "on" position, no closing of fuel pump relays, no whirring of exhaust valve servo motors, no normal boot up noises, nothing, complete silence.
One of guys suggested the ECU or LCD display may have reached it 's thermal limit and suggested a reboot by disconnecting and reconnecting the battery. Unfortunately we didn't have the right size wrench among us for the battery terminal bolt so I called for a tow and had it trailered back to the house rather than to attempt to perform surgery on the bike in front of the restaurant.
I seriously doubt there is anything in the circuit in the way of thermal protection that would completely disable the electrical system if the bike was parked in the sunlight for an hour, that seemed far fetched for a machine supposedly engineered for all climates. Something else has apparently failed here that is affecting most... but not every circuit.
Need some ideas here if anybody can think of something to try, otherwise it's going into the black hole of the dealer service department under warranty, where from my understanding, it can take months to get parts and get it running again.
Would greatly appreciate any ideas Hubster, seriously bummed now on this machine and second guessing my decision to go out on a limb and buy it...