chunkygoat
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Hey guys, its been a while. Hope all is well for everybody!
I've slowed down in recent years, but the fizz is approaching 50,000 miles and just reached her 10 year birthday! Joy
Anyway, I've had some the other day where the bike shut off at a stop light on me. I tried to start it up and it just wouldn't turn. Obviously dead battery, I compression started it and went on my way to take it home and go throw a new battery in. I get to the next stop light and the bike dies again So I bump start it again and the rest of the ride home fought with the bike to keep it from shutting down. I basically had to clutch and rev the entire ride. At one point it threw error code 43 which is:
Fault Code: 43
Diagnostic Code: 09
Symptom: Supply power to the injector and fuel pump is not normal
Probable cause of malfunction:
Open circuit in wiring harness. (red/blue line or blue/yellow line)
Malfunction in ECU.
Now my battery is only maybe 2 years old and was kept on a trickle charger and lightly ridden. I feel like 2 years is premature for battery failure. I'm obviously going to swap it out, but my question is: Could this possibly indicate a problem with the charging system? I don't want to throw a new battery in and find myself making a left turn across traffic and have the bike die on me again due to a deeper issue.
Could this be a stator issue? I found some tips on how to check the stator by measuring each stator winding's resistance to ground (make sure there are no shorts to ground) and winding resistance between windings (make sure they are dead short). I'll be doing this today.
While the bike is torn down throwing a battery in and checking the stator, are there any troubleshooting steps suggested to verify the charging system is working properly? Any suggestions are appreciated.
I've slowed down in recent years, but the fizz is approaching 50,000 miles and just reached her 10 year birthday! Joy
Anyway, I've had some the other day where the bike shut off at a stop light on me. I tried to start it up and it just wouldn't turn. Obviously dead battery, I compression started it and went on my way to take it home and go throw a new battery in. I get to the next stop light and the bike dies again So I bump start it again and the rest of the ride home fought with the bike to keep it from shutting down. I basically had to clutch and rev the entire ride. At one point it threw error code 43 which is:
Fault Code: 43
Diagnostic Code: 09
Symptom: Supply power to the injector and fuel pump is not normal
Probable cause of malfunction:
Open circuit in wiring harness. (red/blue line or blue/yellow line)
Malfunction in ECU.
Now my battery is only maybe 2 years old and was kept on a trickle charger and lightly ridden. I feel like 2 years is premature for battery failure. I'm obviously going to swap it out, but my question is: Could this possibly indicate a problem with the charging system? I don't want to throw a new battery in and find myself making a left turn across traffic and have the bike die on me again due to a deeper issue.
Could this be a stator issue? I found some tips on how to check the stator by measuring each stator winding's resistance to ground (make sure there are no shorts to ground) and winding resistance between windings (make sure they are dead short). I'll be doing this today.
While the bike is torn down throwing a battery in and checking the stator, are there any troubleshooting steps suggested to verify the charging system is working properly? Any suggestions are appreciated.