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Message started by dan savage on 04/14/09 at 13:30:40

Title: Help! Bike was running fine, now wont turn on...
Post by dan savage on 04/14/09 at 13:30:40

I had the bike riding aroud fine just the other day before putting it away. I went to start it yesterday and i got nothing. No lights are turning on or anything. I thought the battery was dead so i recharged it and put it back in but I am still not getting anything. Im not sure if there is wiring i should be checking or what to do now.

Title: Re: Help! Bike was running fine, now wont turn on.
Post by Moofed on 04/14/09 at 13:32:56

Check the fuse under the right side of the seat?

Title: Re: Help! Bike was running fine, now wont turn on.
Post by dan savage on 04/14/09 at 14:48:09

top fuse is burned out. switched it and fuse burned out lol. what could cause this?

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Post by verslagen1 on 04/14/09 at 15:04:00

look for a brunt wire under the tank

Title: Re: Help! Bike was running fine, now wont turn on.
Post by T Mack 1 on 04/14/09 at 19:05:46

And also look at wires going into headlight bucket. They have a tendency to chaff there.

Title: Re: Help! Bike was running fine, now wont turn on.
Post by drharveys on 04/15/09 at 21:14:15

One trick is to wait till night time and put the bike into a darkened garage. Bring a bunch of fuses. When you connect the fuse, have a your buddy look for the spark from the chafed wire.

Title: Re: Help! Bike was running fine, now wont turn on.
Post by verslagen1 on 04/15/09 at 22:23:07

so how do you find the bike in the dark?

Title: Re: Help! Bike was running fine, now wont turn on.
Post by youzguyz on 04/16/09 at 05:28:43

5D4E5958474A4C4E451A2B0 wrote:

so how do you find the bike in the dark?

You turn on the headlight!! :P
Oh .. wait.. that won't work, fuse is blown :-/ ;D

On a more serious note.
I have never tried this, but it SHOULD work. Put a 12 volt light bulb in place of the fuse. (I would put it in series with a good fuse, just to be safe). The light bulb will act as a current limiter, so the fuse won't blow right away. The light bulb will light up.
Mess with the wires and connectors. Disconnect stuff, move stuff, etc.
When the light bulb turns off, the short is no longer prsesent.
It helps if you have a wiring diagram while doing this.

Oh yeah.. and take the light bulb out of the circuit before you try to start the bike.