| Author | Message | ||
     U4euh |
My father lives in St. Louis and recently bought a 2001 883 Sportster with only 84 miles on it. He had about 100 mile ride to get home and about 200 yards before home it died on him, would start back up. He said evrything was dead. Question: Does it sound like a dead battery, or something different? He had mentioned something about circuit breakers that reset after a while, could that be it, a short? Don't know much about that particular bike, he just doesn't want to ride it a long ways and get stranded again.( he has already recharged battery and the bike does start and run fine. Thanks in advance for any advice, JIM | ||
| Metalstorm |
Check the battery cables. Make sure they're tight on the battery terminals. Make sure the pos & neg cable are not worn or severed at any point. If that ain't it, post here again for more responses from more knowledgable folks. | ||
| U4euh |
Yeah he checked those when he was charging the Battery. Like me, he has ridden moto's his whole life, but his first V-twin of modern age. I appreciate the response. Any one else got any ideas? | ||
| Chainsaw |
Check the cables attached to the coil. Mine frayed inside the boots. | ||
| Sportyeric |
Did the battery actually require a charge? When it wouldn't start again, was that a matter of it not turning over, or turning over and not firing? If the latter, then it may be fuel related. The hundred mile mark would be about time to go to reserve. Could the petcock be plugged at the reserve setting. Or water or bad gas be in the bottom of the tank? Consider that it a five year old bike with no miles on it. Things won't be worn. Maybe rusty, (but I doubt it). Or just expired from age. Gas. Battery. | ||
| Fullpower |
84 miles?? for real? no doubt the battery is well past used up from sitting for 4 years. also a possible problem with the vaccuum petcock, either a cracked vaccuum line to manifold, or diaphgram maybe. | ||
| U4euh |
Does anyone know if parts from a 2004 1200 would fit onto this model, IE-shocks, fork springs, etc...? | ||
| Rubberdown |
HaHa I'm on to you U4euh. Just come get the stuff and send it to him. The shocks will probably work as will the bars and grips. |
