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Orman1649
| | Posted on Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 10:02 pm: | 
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Took off this afternoon to go grab some lunch and made it about 1.5 miles from my house when my I lost power, the bike backfired a few times and just died. I pulled over and started assessing the situation. I had 0 electrical power. No lights, no horn, no starting...nothing.
I got it home and started tearing it apart trying to figure out what was going on. I tried the key again and the lights came on but wouldn't try to start...not even click.
I stuck a volt meter on the battery and have about 12.5V. Turned on the key and it dropped a little bit b/c of the headlight and such. I hit the start button quickly and the meter bounced around a bit and finally settled out around 7V or so. I turned the key off and the voltage went back to 12.5 so I turned the key back on and it again just dropped slightly.
I tore the bike half way apart inspecting wires and such for any chafing or shorting but didn't see any. I am at a total loss here, has anyone else ever had anything like this happen? |
99cyclone
| | Posted on Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 10:54 pm: |
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I know it sounds obvious, but check your battery cable connections. Many electrical gremlins have been traced back to terminal ends that have rattled loose.
I had this happen, resulting in a bike that didn't want to start. |
Firemanjim
| | Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 10:22 pm: |
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It sounds like your battery is toast,7 volts under load is bad. How old is it? |
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