Will a weak battery cause this?
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Will a weak battery cause this?
Its just dying! No warning no sputter no nothing. It does refire after I wait about 30 to 45 minutes. It's a 1996 Road King that has been converted to a carb. It runs excellent when its running. It's happened the last two times I have ridden it. Once in stop and go traffic and once going down the road at 60 mph. I have not tested the battery I know it's week and I will replace it this month because its been in there for 5 years with NO trickle charger in between rides or over the winter. I had a top end done back in the spring if any of that matters. Like I said it runs excellent until it dies.
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What are all the other electronics doing?
A dead battery and bad alternator or bad connections can cause the bike to die, but then it wont start up again.
My internet guess is the main circuit breaker.
A dead battery and bad alternator or bad connections can cause the bike to die, but then it wont start up again.
My internet guess is the main circuit breaker.
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Everything else works. Lights,blinkers,horn they all work. The starter will spin the motor just acts like no fire.
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I'm going with a bad pickup in the cone or maybe a bad ignition module, but probably the pickup.
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I will double check cable connections when I replace battery. It definitely could be the ignition getting too hot. Thank you guys for your input it is appreciated. I can usually go to the search feature and find whatever I need, no luck on this subject.
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i am not real familiar with the evo, but believe the crank positioning sensor and the ignition are both in the nose cone as one unit. I would see if you can pick up one on e-bay.
also heard of guys that had pretty good luck checking out the coil with a heat gun, but never tried it.