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So two days ago I went for a 35 minute ride and out of nowhere it bogged out when I was on the throttle. I pulled over and it was like the battery was ripped right out of it, lights flutter with the rumble of the motor and running at a low rpm. So I pushed it into a strangers driveway, shut it off and turned the key on again and no power to ANYTHING (lights etc.) he helped take it apart and found about a 10 gauge wire running to a circuit breaker and the wire was exposed and touching the chrome battery case. So we trimmed it back and put a new terminal on the wire. And turned the key back on and still absolutely no power as if there was no battery.
So I went back to this guys house the next morning, put the key in and everything lit up and fired up right away! Got home and changed the circuit breaker that the red wire I mentioned ran to just to be safe. Went for a test ride and it was great!
went in the house and cleaned up to go for a longer ride, and the same thing happened, about 35 minutes in, it bogged out and I pulled over, it was running like there was no battery again. So I shut the key off and when I turned the key back on I had absolutely no power to anything again. No lights, etc.
What kind of issue am I looking at here? Please help.
So two days ago I went for a 35 minute ride and out of nowhere it bogged out when I was on the throttle. I pulled over and it was like the battery was ripped right out of it, lights flutter with the rumble of the motor and running at a low rpm. So I pushed it into a strangers driveway, shut it off and turned the key on again and no power to ANYTHING (lights etc.) he helped take it apart and found about a 10 gauge wire running to a circuit breaker and the wire was exposed and touching the chrome battery case. So we trimmed it back and put a new terminal on the wire. And turned the key back on and still absolutely no power as if there was no battery.
So I went back to this guys house the next morning, put the key in and everything lit up and fired up right away! Got home and changed the circuit breaker that the red wire I mentioned ran to just to be safe. Went for a test ride and it was great!
went in the house and cleaned up to go for a longer ride, and the same thing happened, about 35 minutes in, it bogged out and I pulled over, it was running like there was no battery again. So I shut the key off and when I turned the key back on I had absolutely no power to anything again. No lights, etc.
What kind of issue am I looking at here? Please help.
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Welcome from Spartan Country, Michigan! I tell a lot of new comers to the forum to get: Factory Service manual and the Parts manual. Take to an office supply store and have them put a spiral binder in place of the glued binder. That will let the manuals lay flat on your bench. Get a three ring binder and record all your maintenance, repairs, accessories, etc. This will be a great reminder of what was done when. And great material to pass along to the new owner should you sell and upgrade. Also know how large your fuel tank is, a rough idea of your range per tank, and record your fuel usage. I have an app called Simply Auto that I record all my fuel used. I use the odometer and use the fuel gage as reference only. I reset the odometer to zero on fill ups, and I know I can safely get 200 miles on a tank on around town riding, and upwards of 230+ on trips.
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