I need some serious help...
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From: Daytona
Took it for a ride and now i have NO electronics, i checked the ignition and its really loose.. so im thinking that might be it. And no, just 1 key. And no, i didnt just fill up
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Corrosion can form inside the cable insulation. Check the continuity on the cables. But since you said it runs o.k at idle, just not when you're running, I'd definitely look for a poor/loose connection, possibly around the ignition switch.
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If it's the original battery, my guess is that it's juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust about dead.
I had a similar experience a month or so ago. It all started with a slow start, so I threw the tender on it, and it started fine. The next day I rode off to the dealer to discuss and make an appointment for an inspection, and it was dead when I went to leave. Got a jump, and everything was fine until about 5 miles from my house when the bike started hesitating, farting, the speedo would go back and forth from zero to actual speed, then it **** the bed. I pushed it to the top of the next exit ramp on the LIE, then push started it on the way down, and it started, but was running like a raped ape full throttle no matter where I positioned the throttle...
Luckily for me the light changed and I shot through the intersection on the service road, until I got to the next light, when it conked out again. Pushed it up another hill, rested, then jump started it again, I ran through the red light (pissed a couple cagers off I'm sure, LOL), then it **** the bed again, but I was on level ground and I couldn't push start it anymore because the rear wheel just dragged on the sand alongside the road.
Got it home finally from that point in 100 foot iterations.
The next day I went to the dealer again and picked up a battery, $114. Installed it, and haven't had a single problem since. Vrooooom vrooooom!
It was the original battery and the bike is an '09, so 7 years wasn't too bad a run.
=8^)
I had a similar experience a month or so ago. It all started with a slow start, so I threw the tender on it, and it started fine. The next day I rode off to the dealer to discuss and make an appointment for an inspection, and it was dead when I went to leave. Got a jump, and everything was fine until about 5 miles from my house when the bike started hesitating, farting, the speedo would go back and forth from zero to actual speed, then it **** the bed. I pushed it to the top of the next exit ramp on the LIE, then push started it on the way down, and it started, but was running like a raped ape full throttle no matter where I positioned the throttle...
Luckily for me the light changed and I shot through the intersection on the service road, until I got to the next light, when it conked out again. Pushed it up another hill, rested, then jump started it again, I ran through the red light (pissed a couple cagers off I'm sure, LOL), then it **** the bed again, but I was on level ground and I couldn't push start it anymore because the rear wheel just dragged on the sand alongside the road.
Got it home finally from that point in 100 foot iterations.
The next day I went to the dealer again and picked up a battery, $114. Installed it, and haven't had a single problem since. Vrooooom vrooooom!
It was the original battery and the bike is an '09, so 7 years wasn't too bad a run.
=8^)
Last edited by DrewBone; Jun 17, 2016 at 08:41 PM. Reason: Two korrekt punkchewayshun
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From: Daytona
If it's the original battery, my guess is that it's juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust about dead.
I had a similar experience a month or so ago. It all started with a slow start, so I threw the tender on it, and it started fine. The next day I rode off to the dealer to discuss and make an appointment for an inspection, and it was dead when I went to leave. Got a jump, and everything was fine until about 5 miles from my house when the bike started hesitating, farting, the speedo would go back and forth from zero to actual speed, then it **** the bed. I pushed it to the top of the next exit ramp on the LIE, then push started it on the way down, and it started, but was running like a raped ape full throttle no matter where I positioned the throttle...
Luckily for me the light changed and I shot through the intersection on the service road, until I got to the next light, when it conked out again. Pushed it up another hill, rested, then jump started it again, I ran through the red light (pissed a couple cagers off I'm sure, LOL), then it **** the bed again, but I was on level ground and I couldnt push start it because the rear wheel just dragged on the sand alongside the road.
Got it home finally from that point in 100 foot iterations.
The next day I went to the dealer again and picked up a battery, $114. Installed it, and haven't had a single problem since. Vrooooom vrooooom!
It was the original battery and the bike is an '09, so 7 years wasn't too bad a run.
=8^)
I had a similar experience a month or so ago. It all started with a slow start, so I threw the tender on it, and it started fine. The next day I rode off to the dealer to discuss and make an appointment for an inspection, and it was dead when I went to leave. Got a jump, and everything was fine until about 5 miles from my house when the bike started hesitating, farting, the speedo would go back and forth from zero to actual speed, then it **** the bed. I pushed it to the top of the next exit ramp on the LIE, then push started it on the way down, and it started, but was running like a raped ape full throttle no matter where I positioned the throttle...
Luckily for me the light changed and I shot through the intersection on the service road, until I got to the next light, when it conked out again. Pushed it up another hill, rested, then jump started it again, I ran through the red light (pissed a couple cagers off I'm sure, LOL), then it **** the bed again, but I was on level ground and I couldnt push start it because the rear wheel just dragged on the sand alongside the road.
Got it home finally from that point in 100 foot iterations.
The next day I went to the dealer again and picked up a battery, $114. Installed it, and haven't had a single problem since. Vrooooom vrooooom!
It was the original battery and the bike is an '09, so 7 years wasn't too bad a run.
=8^)