2006 CVO with M/T Gladiator with electric reverse.

Oldrodder said:

Last year, when storing the trike for the winter, we removed the battery, put a cover on it and put it to bed!!! Fast forward to last week. We took the cover off, re-installed the battery and the trike started right up! I climbed aboard, flipped the reverse switch, pushed on the starter button.....NOTHING! We checked all the fuses and cleaned all the terminals going to the battery and still nothing. We were able to determine that the motor was ok by spinning the drive gear (turns freely) We used a jumper from the battery to the solenoid and the trike reverses. We located the wire (light green)going to the solenoid and found a "no power" situation with the reverse circuit energized. Is there a relay that we can't find? Would anyone have the schematic for the reverse circuit wiring?

Any help is hugely appreciated,

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Papa Zook said:

Hi Mike,

Have you checked and reset the reverse breaker switch under the seat? Check that and see if that fixes your problem. If that is not the problem, then remove the MT relay box cover under the seat and check the fuses there. There will be two fuses, a 5 amp and a 7.5 amp. Check and replace if needed.

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Oldrodder said:

Issue is resolved. Thanks to Papa Zook for your help.

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Papa Zook said:

Ok I'm curious now Mike..what was the issue and what was the fix?

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Rmitchell55 said:

Old Rodder did you know a Jim Robinson from Sudbury? He sold his house in Sudbury a couple years ago and moved to Toronto. (I think.) He used to ride a Kawasaki and then he went to a Gold Wing. He was into riding sleds for a while.

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Rmitchell55 said:

Old Rodder, I'm in San Diego. He is a friend that I met a number of years ago when we were on a Kawasaki group. Jim and his wife Sandy would come south and attend some of the Kawi rider meet-ups. I guess the first time i met him was in Eureka Springs in 2001. He stills goes by the nickname of "Skid".

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Oldrodder said:

I was the issue!!!! A little history here. I bought this trike late last year and got very little time in the saddle (That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!!) We're having a rare early spring here in Sudbury, so, the trike came out early. So, long story short, I had a MAJOR brain fart and forgot that I had to press on BOTH the horn and the starter buttons to engage the reverse!!!!! I was reminded of this fact when I contacted Motor Trike.

The take-away here......I won't soon forget it!!!!

Mike

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