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Message started by 1bozo on 03/19/13 at 09:16:15

Title: My bike was running, stopped, and will not start.
Post by 1bozo on 03/19/13 at 09:16:15

On Friday night I noticed my taillight was flickering. I rode Saturday about 30 miles and Sunday about 15 miles. I cranked up my bike and let it warm up. I noticed I had a turn signal out. About 4 minutes later my bike died. It will not crank. I checked the connections to the battery, tight. I took the battery and had it checked, good. Where do I go from here? Thanks....I am truly a beginner.

Title: Re: My bike was running, stopped, and will not sta
Post by oldNslow on 03/19/13 at 10:10:43

By "will not crank" do you mean that the starter does not spin the engine, or that the starter works and the bike will not start and run.?

Title: Re: My bike was running, stopped, and will not sta
Post by 1bozo on 03/19/13 at 10:26:01

there is nothing...no lights, no sounds, no movements.

Title: Re: My bike was running, stopped, and will not sta
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/19/13 at 10:41:08

Check fuses, under seat, kinda under right hip/thigh, white box. Can be accessed w/o removing seat, kinda.. so I hear. Ive always pulled the seat.

Title: Re: My bike was running, stopped, and will not sta
Post by Serowbot on 03/19/13 at 10:42:00

It sounds like you have a wire shorted somewhere...
It probably blew a fuse... (fuses are under the seat at the right rear area)... (there are two)...
... but,.. if the short is still touching metal,.. it'll blow again...

Title: Re: My bike was running, stopped, and will not sta
Post by oldNslow on 03/19/13 at 10:52:56

65363B2E3B540 wrote:

there is nothing...no lights, no sounds, no movements.

I know you said you had the battery checked but I think you need to go back to that before you do anything else. Re-check the connections at the battery.If you have a charger hook that up for a while and see if at least the lights come on when you turn on the key. If you don't have a charger see if you can figure out a way to jump start the bike from an external battery. If you are unsure about how to do this try to find someone who knows how.

If you have a voltmeter, check the voltage across the battery terminals.
A good battery will read between 12 and 13 volts.

It's not unheard of for a battery to suddenly go completly dead with no warning.

Title: Re: My bike was running, stopped, and will not sta
Post by Routy on 03/21/13 at 07:28:47

Maybe not much consolation to you right now, but you have an "easy to find" problem, that will be inexpensive,........,if not easy to fix. You have a complete battery disconnect, whether it be a fuse or bad connectio, either ground or positive..

But, if it is a fuse, you are always left w/ the problem of "why did the fuse blow" That may not be so easy to find or fix.