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Message started by och on 07/25/21 at 17:01:44

Title: Bike stopped at a red light, completely dead.
Post by och on 07/25/21 at 17:01:44

Was waiting at a red light, all of a sudden the bike stopped and everything is dead, no headlight, not even brake lights. Must be a fuse, is there a quick reference for location?

Title: Re: Bike stopped at a red light, completely dead.
Post by Yoshi on 07/25/21 at 20:25:36

Check all connections, i just had this problem and my ground screw wasn't tight on the battery

Title: Re: Bike stopped at a red light, completely dead.
Post by Gary_in_NJ on 07/26/21 at 05:12:45

I agree, check the battery connectors. Also check the black connector from the battery to the wire harness. Also, batteries do fail. I’ve had the plates in a battery separate while cruising down the road, rendering the bike useless.

Title: Re: Bike stopped at a red light, completely dead.
Post by Serowbot on 07/26/21 at 08:34:31

Fuses are under the seat

Title: Re: Bike stopped at a red light, completely dead.
Post by Dave on 07/26/21 at 09:18:51

4553445941545942360 wrote:

Fuses are under the seat

Right side of bike, just under the seat.......little white plastic box that would hold 3 Chiclets.

Title: Re: Bike stopped at a red light, completely dead.
Post by och on 08/11/21 at 14:40:20

So the fuses were fine, the starter was dead and most likely took out the rest of the systems with it. I had it replaced as well as the battery.

The guy noticed that my headlight is stuck at high beam, the switch or the flasher don't affect it, so he ordered a new switch and will replaced it.

Title: Re: Bike stopped at a red light, completely dead.
Post by och on 04/03/22 at 15:27:01

Guys, I never followed through with this thread, but the other battery thread has got me thinking. This is what happened, I had this bike since new when I bought it in the summer of 2016. I had almost immediately replaced the stock battery with a Yuasa AMG battery, and it has been working flawless for all these years.

So on the day when it died, I went for a ride, and everything seemed absolute normal. The bike cranked strong and started right away, and was running absolutely fine. All the electrical systems, headlights, turn signals, etc were working as designed.

I was only riding maybe 20-30 minutes for some errands, and then I was stopped at a red light, and the bike has completely died. It was running great one moment, and the next moment it stopped, and all systems were completely dead. Turning the ignition key did nothing - the headlight was off, no brake light, no crank, nothing.

I had it picked up and brought to a repair shop, and the first thing the guy did is test the battery and determine that it was completely discharged, and would not hold a charge. He replaced the battery, and right away all electrical systems came back alive, there were no blown fuses or anything, but the bike would no crank. He determined the started was dead and replaced it, and the bike started.

He tested it several times, bike seemed to start and run fine, but he said once when he turned the ignition key, the neutral light was very dim and the bike would not crank. Turned it off and back on, and everything was back to normal.

Then we discovered that my headlight was stuck on high beam, and front right turn signal wasn't working. Got a replacement (used) switch, and now everything is fine.

Does anyone have any idea what could've happened? Could the AGM battery have suddenly died, causing a voltage spike that killed the starter and the switch? Or maybe a short within the switch caused the battery and started malfunction?