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Old Nov 16, 2014 | 05:04 PM
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Hey there, it's close to winter here in vancouver Canada and I was gonna go park my bike at my garage but she won't start now. Bike ran fine or so I thought before it was last parked about a month ago. It wS dieing at lights but I thought it was fouled plugs. So today I pulled and regapped the plugs and I won't start. It's a 79 shovel kick only duel plug heads.

I know the battery is low, I was getting a 6 on my meter, would that do it or should I be towing it to the garage and taking it apart.



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6!!!!! **** man 12.0 is Dead
 
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Yeah I'm charging it overnight. thanks guys. It's always peace of mind from here.

Cheers and happy winter builds!!!
 
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If that battery is at 6v it will Not come back to life. She's toast man...
 
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