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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> first ride (this year) and just died!! /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1206384123 Message started by buttgoat1 on 03/24/08 at 11:42:02 |
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Title: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by buttgoat1 on 03/24/08 at 11:42:02 I finally got everything back together after a winter teardown. New jets, white spacer shaved, progressive shocks, gel seat, and paint. She fired right up, adjusted the carb, sounded great, and went for a shakedown cruise, everything was great close to home (about 5 miles). I dug out the chaps and was going to go fill up, I got to the end of the lane and it just died, no starter, no headlights, nuthin. The battery connections seem tight (just cleaned them and put in new brass screws). I havent gotten out the electrical tester yet. Is there a main fuse? I see the 20 amp relay under the seat. Anybody have any thoughts? |
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Title: Re: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by demin on 03/24/08 at 12:10:44 Main fuse is under the seat.Did you have the tank off when you painted it?Check wiring/plugs under tank,and around rear fender if it was off to paint. :-/ |
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Title: Re: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by vroom1776 on 03/24/08 at 12:10:49 yeah, check the fuses. you prolly ahve a short somewhere, and it blew the fuses. They are under the seat, rigth hand side. Youi can prolly get at them w/o removing the seat. |
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Title: Re: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by youzguyz on 03/24/08 at 13:33:57 If it isn't a fuse, I vote for that evil connector under the tank on the left side towards the front. You normally would not disconnect it, but putting the tank on has a tendency to push it apart. |
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Title: Re: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by demin on 03/24/08 at 13:36:44 That's what I was thinking,it probably was together enough to start,etc. Riding/bump vibrated it a part. ;) |
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Title: Re: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by buttgoat1 on 03/24/08 at 13:45:06 yep, had the tank off, but does that connector do anything other than for the turn signal indicators, neutral light, and light for the speedo? All the connections under the seat seem tight. |
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Title: Re: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by T Mack 1 on 03/24/08 at 13:51:24 the other connector... the one for the wires that runs up to the handle bars. |
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Title: Re: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by buttgoat1 on 03/24/08 at 18:03:49 never fear people! The village idiot has been found!! <mental note to check the fuses first!! anyway, while I am thinking about it, does the savage happen to have any common electrical problesm?? |
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Title: Re: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by demin on 03/24/08 at 18:08:57 Plugs under the tank coming apart.that's about all I know of.But there has to be a reason the fuse blew. |
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Title: Re: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by buttgoat1 on 03/24/08 at 18:16:05 I know, Ive only had the bike since last June and havent had any electrical problem, so the timing of it really boggled me. I did replace it with a 15 amp (first fuse I found) and got another 20, so we'll see how it oges |
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Title: Re: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by sluggo on 03/24/08 at 20:18:50 check fuse is/should be the first of any auto electrical issue. but don't beat yourself up over it. i did carb mods, then ran it out of reg tank. didn't even think to check reserve. opps.... we all brain phart now and then. |
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Title: Re: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by buttgoat1 on 03/25/08 at 07:23:56 I know, my local mechanic guru suggested that it may have overcharged since the battery was probably drained from sitting over the winter. A quote I have seen on another site, "maybe your purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others"........ |
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Title: Re: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by T Mack 1 on 03/25/08 at 10:33:20 5B4C5F4A4C4B4C5F402D0 wrote:
LOL Co-workers are looking at me funny...... :o |
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Title: Re: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by Rockin_John on 03/25/08 at 15:21:58 166F0F23212973420 wrote:
LOL Co-workers are looking at me funny...... :o[/quote] Otherwise stated: A little sticker on my brother's bike reads something like: "Rumors that I am useless are untrue. I can always serve as a bad example." |
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Title: Re: first ride (this year) and just died!! Post by eanon on 03/30/08 at 09:18:47 ;D ;D ;D |
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