Stark weird noise and no crawl/ reverse... Drive train not reacting to throttle inputs

[Chaconne]

I have to add that I think it's a major design flaw to have a huge opening on the upper triple clamp that feeds water to a somewhat sealed wiring box below. What on earth were they thinking??? They might as well make the box open beneath so it at least drains. My solution will be to make a silicone plug that perfectly fits that hole up top. Every time you wash the bike water goes there!

This is rather common on European machines. It is poor attention to detail. My 2020 KTM is terrible when it comes to water sealing in almost every aspect fuel, electrical, & etc.

Initially I thought Stark was going to take a different approach when they said the bike could be powerwashed but that was retracted and you have to be very careful to seal off junctions, connections, and wiring.

Also switches are not well sealed on the Stark either, the main power switch is very susceptible to both dirt and water intrusion. I have been stranded due to it. My 2014 Yam WR450 has great water sealed switches and is more water tight than either newer KTM or Stark.

In Stark's defense the first versions were MX bikes which would likely be used on a closed track so getting stranded miles away from a carrier was probably not a first consideration. I have used my bike as an Enduro so the handlebars going full depth in mud and water probably wasn't a first design consideration. But from @Aleksandar13 's reports seems there are still some openings even on gen 2.

 

[Aleksandar13]

This is rather common on European machines. It is poor attention to detail. My 2020 KTM is terrible when it comes to water sealing in almost every aspect fuel, electrical, & etc.

Initially I thought Stark was going to take a different approach when they said the bike could be powerwashed but that was retracted and you have to be very careful to seal off junctions, connections, and wiring.

Also switches are not well sealed on the Stark either, the main power switch is very susceptible to both dirt and water intrusion. I have been stranded due to it. My 2014 Yam WR450 has great water sealed switches and is more water tight than either newer KTM or Stark.

In Stark's defense the first versions were MX bikes which would likely be used on a closed track so getting stranded miles away from a carrier was probably not a first consideration. I have used my bike as an Enduro so the handlebars going full depth in mud and water probably wasn't a first design consideration. But from @Aleksandar13 's reports seems there are still some openings even on gen 2.

Agreed all manufacturers have some niggles, I will spend some time and get this sealed up just cause it's a simple solution and report back.
I'm curious to see if the bike has any stored faults that stark can find if they decide to connect to my bike and will post back.

Striping the bike down and going through all the plugs with contact spray was a good experience, I've learned a lot and feel a lot more confident now knowing where everything is. Also the middle connection between the ecu and the engine is a quarter turn connection of some sort which was very quick to come loose so I wonder if this was touched by the suspension people and not put back properly hence caused the issues I had.

 

[Aleksandar13]

Stark replied to me this morning and asked me to send them the video of the bike. Their reply is below... Only available date for me to be at home was Thursday so we are having a live call and they will connect to the bike to check the motor control unit and to see what happened. Pretty good response from them.. Bike seems fine now and it's working but I'd like to get them to check any fault codes etc and see... Keeping you updated as we move along