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Old 09-03-2012, 10:31 AM
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on a resent trip around town I had my bike cut off in the middle of a riding it a couple of times. I managed to make it back to the house, after restarting it a couple of times.
after i got home i check s battery terminals to find both a little loose. I tightened them and went for another ride without any problems. ( only rode it about 20 miles )
now i noticed my headlight won't burn, but bike seems to be free of the short or cutting off.

do you think battery terminals was the problem?
or maybe something else?
 
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Is your battery fully charged? Bad/dying batteries do strange things.
 
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Old 09-03-2012, 09:03 PM
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check your fuse, check your high/low switch, check you trouble codes... usually a bad battery connection just keeps the battery from charging.
 
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