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Re: Savage won't start
Reply #15 - 06/01/14 at 11:41:32

I hooked the battery charger to the battery terminals and the lights came on with the key in the on position. So I removed the battery and topped it off with distilled water. I now have it on the charger with the caps off.
I briefly removed the positive charger cable to take a voltage reading a few minutes ago and it read 13.6 volts.

I have it on the charger now while I work on replacing a drive belt on the riding mower. I am struggling remove a "C" clip in order to lift a pulley.

I rode the bike to Harbor Freight yesterday to buy a ring clip remover,

but it doesn't fit....it was the only one they sell. The bike ran fine then, it was after I returned and decided to make beer run.

That's when the problem started. Sad

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Savage won't start Reply #16 - 06/01/14 at 12:24:37 check the connectors on the regulator. also, only make beer runs on the way back from HF. the bike knows, after 1 of those you don't ride.
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S-P Serious Thumper Offline Back in the saddle again Posts: 816 Phoenix, AZ Gender:	Re: Savage won't start Reply #17 - 06/01/14 at 17:44:42 One quick note, the lights go out when you hit the starter button because the bike is designed to do that. They come back on when the bike starts up. From experience, a battery can go dead in a click. Mine started just fine, I went to a gas station to fill it up then nothing, nada, nil when I went to start it after filling up.
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Re: Savage won't start
Reply #18 - 06/02/14 at 00:13:33

I definitely think it sounds like a battery issue. Is it the factory battery? How long was your ride to HF? I'd be willing to bet that if you hooked up your voltmeter to your battery and watched it while trying to start the battery, the voltage takes a huge drop.

Hopefully charging and topping your electrolyte provides some relief. Likely time for a new battery, though.

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Re: Savage won't start
Reply #19 - 06/13/14 at 11:51:26

Did you get your bike running yet? Sure sounds like the starter relay to me. I would take a large screwdriver and short it across the two large terminals on the starter relay and see if your starter engages that way. If starter works then verify your getting 12 vdc to the starter relay coil terminals when you go thru a normal start attempt. If the starter relay is getting 12 vdc to the coil terminals but starter is still not engaging/turning on then replace the starter relay. EBay has some generic ones that should work fine.

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RatdogWillie Serious Thumper Offline Nostalgia isn't what it used to be... Posts: 854 Johnstown, PA. Gender:	Re: Savage won't start Reply #20 - 06/13/14 at 11:53:32 It was the battery.
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S-P Serious Thumper Offline Back in the saddle again Posts: 816 Phoenix, AZ Gender:	Re: Savage won't start Reply #21 - 06/13/14 at 14:59:50 There you go. Glad we could help.
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RatdogWillie Serious Thumper Offline Nostalgia isn't what it used to be... Posts: 854 Johnstown, PA. Gender:	Re: Savage won't start Reply #22 - 06/13/14 at 18:06:38 S-P wrote on 06/13/14 at 14:59:50: There you go. Glad we could help. Thanks to all that offered assistance!!..... I bought a Honda battery at the local MC shop and got gout in my right hand from the beer..... then one of my dogs bit my left hand....2 swollen hands = no riding.
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Steddy58 Full Member Offline Ooops I did it again Posts: 240 Liverpool UK Gender:	Re: Savage won't start Reply #23 - 06/14/14 at 02:23:37 [/quote] Thanks to all that offered assistance!!..... I bought a Honda battery at the local MC shop and got gout in my right hand from the beer..... then one of my dogs bit my left hand....2 swollen hands = no riding. [/quote] I'm sure there's a blues song in there somewhere
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Re: Savage won't start
Reply #24 - 06/14/14 at 04:57:45

Steddy58 wrote on 06/14/14 at 02:23:37:

Thanks to all that offered assistance!!..... I bought a Honda battery at the local MC shop and got gout in my right hand from the beer..... then one of my dogs bit my left hand....2 swollen hands = no riding. [/quote]

I'm sure there's a blues song in there somewhere

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If the dog had died and my woman left me driving my 97 Chevy pick up, the song could have became a country hit.

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Steddy58 Full Member Offline Ooops I did it again Posts: 240 Liverpool UK Gender:	Re: Savage won't start Reply #25 - 06/14/14 at 05:04:09 If it gets written make sure you get some of the royalties
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S-P Serious Thumper Offline Back in the saddle again Posts: 816 Phoenix, AZ Gender:	Re: Savage won't start Reply #26 - 06/14/14 at 08:22:57 RatdogWillie wrote on 06/14/14 at 04:57:45: If the dog had died and my woman left me driving my 97 Chevy pick up, the song could have became a country hit. Nah... modern country: The wife tries to take your dog and the pickup and the dog bites your wife and comes home with her purse with all your credit cards in it.
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