meadeam
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I'm new here, but already I have my first issue with the bike. Not how I wanted to start posting.
My '07 has ~3800 miles on it, so not much use at all. I'm the third owner, the first barely broke it in, and the second rode it about 250 miles per year. It hadn't been ridden since last fall when I bought it. The previous owner replaced the battery with a brand new one the day before I bought the bike. I've ridden it maybe 200 miles in a few short rides with no issues at all.
Today I took it out of the barn after not riding for 2 days. Fired right up as per usual. Rode for ~20 minutes on an errand, came back to dead battery. Bump started it, road another 15 minutes, bike dies at idle at an ATM (was trying to finish my errands and get home, probably should have gone straight home or kept riding at higher RPM). Now it won't bump start. I can't leave the bike too long, I'll have to put another new battery in it to get it home and figure out wth is wrong.
Are there any common issues I could be experiencing here, or am I just lucky?
My '07 has ~3800 miles on it, so not much use at all. I'm the third owner, the first barely broke it in, and the second rode it about 250 miles per year. It hadn't been ridden since last fall when I bought it. The previous owner replaced the battery with a brand new one the day before I bought the bike. I've ridden it maybe 200 miles in a few short rides with no issues at all.
Today I took it out of the barn after not riding for 2 days. Fired right up as per usual. Rode for ~20 minutes on an errand, came back to dead battery. Bump started it, road another 15 minutes, bike dies at idle at an ATM (was trying to finish my errands and get home, probably should have gone straight home or kept riding at higher RPM). Now it won't bump start. I can't leave the bike too long, I'll have to put another new battery in it to get it home and figure out wth is wrong.
Are there any common issues I could be experiencing here, or am I just lucky?