dangtienanh
Junior Member
I live in Wisconsin and don't have a garage to store the bike for the winter, so it was covered in a college parking lot for almost 3 months.
Just a couple of days ago when the sun was out, I decided to take her out for a ride. Fired right up, no problem.
Just yesterday night when I had to ride to a gas station to get cigarettes, the bike took a little longer to turn over -> weak battery, I knew because it had happen before. I thought it was a short ride, so doesn't matter, I would charge it when I got back. When I was riding back from the gas station, a friend of mine called me up for a poker game, I was like yeah why not. We played overnight as I left the bike outside in the parking lot. In the morning when I was about to ride back home, the bike wouldn't start: I knew it was the battery, so I asked a friend to help me push it start. I have done this before so it didn't take more than 2 mins.
As I was riding out, I low-sided low speed on a strip of black ice. Nothing was broken at all, even my jeans. I parked the bike at another friend's house (I'm in college and we're having spring break) to stay over for the day. As I was trying to install a pair of bar end mirrors, I opened up the Kill-Switch assembly to move it in with the grip a little to make room for the mirror, and then I went ahead to charge the battery for a couple of hours, just to get enough juice for a start then I would charge it when I get back home.
Now here's the problem: after being charged for two 2hrs, the battery had no problem starting the bike up. Everything worked. I rode back home (5 mins away) and noticed the bike sounded slightly different than normal. I had one bar of fuel left as indicated on the gauge. The bike took me home fine, but as I was coasting along the parking lot trying to find a spot, it stalled, and never turns back on again.
Here are the symptoms:
- Gauge doesn't do its dance anymore when key switches to ON. All I see is the clock. The backlight is gone too. No signal indicators, no neutral green light.
- NO fuel injecting prime, the whirring sound, I switch the key to ON, kill switch in ON position, the bike is in Neutral (I know cuz the rear wheel rotates freely without clutching in), kickstand up. When I press the Starter, nothing happens at all.
- Tail light works, horn works.
- Charged the battery for 12 hours, no dice.
- Bought a brand new battery and installed it, still nothing.
Now I've read around a lot and had almost concluded that there have been a couple of cases similar to mine:
- One of them had fuel gone bad and the Ethanol produced a coating on the electrical contacts of the fuel pump. (My fuel is, yes, 4 months old, went through a negative 10 degree winter outside). He wiped them off and his bike revived. -> He had the exact same symptoms: no gauge, no whirring.
- Several of them had failed kill switch, but here's the thing. I've used the switch a couple of times before and even though the fuel pump doesn't prime when the switch is OFF, the gauge still did its dance.
- Also suspicious is the lean-angle cutoff switch and maybe blown fuses. I don't have a multimeter with me to check, but by the look of them, they're all fine. All connectors are tightly in place.
No I haven't try remove the fuel pump to give it a clean. I decided to post here instead to see if someone can point me to the right direction. I'd appreciate it very much.
Thanks!
Just a couple of days ago when the sun was out, I decided to take her out for a ride. Fired right up, no problem.
Just yesterday night when I had to ride to a gas station to get cigarettes, the bike took a little longer to turn over -> weak battery, I knew because it had happen before. I thought it was a short ride, so doesn't matter, I would charge it when I got back. When I was riding back from the gas station, a friend of mine called me up for a poker game, I was like yeah why not. We played overnight as I left the bike outside in the parking lot. In the morning when I was about to ride back home, the bike wouldn't start: I knew it was the battery, so I asked a friend to help me push it start. I have done this before so it didn't take more than 2 mins.
As I was riding out, I low-sided low speed on a strip of black ice. Nothing was broken at all, even my jeans. I parked the bike at another friend's house (I'm in college and we're having spring break) to stay over for the day. As I was trying to install a pair of bar end mirrors, I opened up the Kill-Switch assembly to move it in with the grip a little to make room for the mirror, and then I went ahead to charge the battery for a couple of hours, just to get enough juice for a start then I would charge it when I get back home.
Now here's the problem: after being charged for two 2hrs, the battery had no problem starting the bike up. Everything worked. I rode back home (5 mins away) and noticed the bike sounded slightly different than normal. I had one bar of fuel left as indicated on the gauge. The bike took me home fine, but as I was coasting along the parking lot trying to find a spot, it stalled, and never turns back on again.
Here are the symptoms:
- Gauge doesn't do its dance anymore when key switches to ON. All I see is the clock. The backlight is gone too. No signal indicators, no neutral green light.
- NO fuel injecting prime, the whirring sound, I switch the key to ON, kill switch in ON position, the bike is in Neutral (I know cuz the rear wheel rotates freely without clutching in), kickstand up. When I press the Starter, nothing happens at all.
- Tail light works, horn works.
- Charged the battery for 12 hours, no dice.
- Bought a brand new battery and installed it, still nothing.
Now I've read around a lot and had almost concluded that there have been a couple of cases similar to mine:
- One of them had fuel gone bad and the Ethanol produced a coating on the electrical contacts of the fuel pump. (My fuel is, yes, 4 months old, went through a negative 10 degree winter outside). He wiped them off and his bike revived. -> He had the exact same symptoms: no gauge, no whirring.
- Several of them had failed kill switch, but here's the thing. I've used the switch a couple of times before and even though the fuel pump doesn't prime when the switch is OFF, the gauge still did its dance.
- Also suspicious is the lean-angle cutoff switch and maybe blown fuses. I don't have a multimeter with me to check, but by the look of them, they're all fine. All connectors are tightly in place.
No I haven't try remove the fuel pump to give it a clean. I decided to post here instead to see if someone can point me to the right direction. I'd appreciate it very much.
Thanks!