Arkansas Dirt Riders

My ICO seems to not be communicating.  It is telling me the sensor is closed while I'm riding.  The only troubleshooting in the manual is to stick a magnet near the sensor and observe the "sensor closed" signal.  I did that.  It goes on to say this message will go away while at speed. My message does not go away and it's not displaying my speed or mileage.  

 

Anyone have any similar issues before with theirs?

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13' KTM 300xc

 

Zac I have never had that problem.  Sid was having some problems getting his to read.  He ended up having to send it in for repair.  You may want to call ICO and see if they can help you.

I've got a call in.  I'm gonna switch back to my TrailTech until I can get it worked out.

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13' KTM 300xc

 

The stock KTM odo's work pretty good if you can figure out how to use them.  I am pretty sure that is what RT uses to keep up with the 1000's of miles he rides each year.

Sounds like you have a short in the P/U sensor and or wire. Something is causing the contacts to stick or the wires are touching inside the cable. Disconnect the p/u wire from the computer, if the sensor closed goes away then the problem is in the p/u cable. Try a known good cable and it should work

I'll check it out tonight, havent' gotten home before 10pm for the last 3 days...

FYI, ICO told me to do the following (which is what Lloyd is saying):

1.  You don't have your sensor wrapped around the brake hose to the master cylinder.  If you run the sensor wire along side of the brake hose and tape it to the brake hose, you will break the sensor.

2.  You may not have the wires coming from the bottom of the CheckMate supported.  If you allow the wires to hang down and flop around, the will break at the grommet.

To check and see which is the problem, get a paper clip.  Touch the each end of the paper clip to one of the pins in the connector.  The pins form a triangle.  The top pin is a NC, (no connect).  You'll use the the pins on each side of this pin.  Each time you touch these pins it will register .01 of a mile for every 7 and them 8 times you touch the pins.  If your CheckMate registers distance, then the problem will be in your sensor.

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13' KTM 300xc

 

I have always taped my pick up wire to the brake line. I have not had any problems. The cable that comes with the watch dog is much stronger than ICO. If you send your ICO to watch dog they will rewire your ICO to accept their cable for free.

Not much to that p/u sensor. 2 real thin steel plates that are pulled together to make contact when the magnet passes by. That sends the signal. The same when you touch contacts at the plug. If the wires are broken and touching then it sends a constant signal to the brain

Well, found my break in the line.  I cut my sensor cable apart at the break and spliced the ends back together for a temporary fix thru the weekend.  Per Lloyd, picked up some 24ga shielded cable to make a more permanent fix on it next week.

 

Thanks Lloyd!

 

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13' KTM 300xc

 

Hey, for those of you that are having some issues with your ICO's I know who to call and even have a contact number that you can reach him.

Service should be relatively fast since he lives in Maumelle. He has lots of experience with ICO's. Let me know and I'll get you the number to call.