Hello everybody. I broke my bike again. [emoji41]
A few weeks ago I was on a long road trip. I had installed a cheap chinese USB outlet that I believe shorted out and subsequently my bike died in stop and go traffix. I got it charged at an O Reilley and all was good.
Fast forward to now. Bike sat for two weeks. This morning I took it for a ride. When I cranked it sounded odd, like I could hear the usual engine noises coming from near the header or top emd instead of out of the exhaust. The note was maybe a bit deeper than usual, too.
Disclaimer: I replaced the clutch cable last weekend and removed and reinstalled the air box in the process.
Anyway on the ride back home the check engine light comes on...then while waiting at a traffic light the bike dies. I roll it onto the sidewalk and jump it with a portable jumpstarter battery thing. I'm trying to keep it around 3k RPM to keep it from dying (I'm close to home by now) and then get stuck in bad traffic. My choices are overheat or die, so I overheat. Manage to limp into a tiny parking lot as a plastic tube in the radiator circuit melts and leaks fluid (that, at least, is an easy fix).
Battery definitely needs replacing since it's Li-ion and has died twice. My question is, do I have a battery drain I don't know about and how do I find out? What could be wrong?
Extra info: they tested the battery the first time and said it was good after recharging it.
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A few weeks ago I was on a long road trip. I had installed a cheap chinese USB outlet that I believe shorted out and subsequently my bike died in stop and go traffix. I got it charged at an O Reilley and all was good.
Fast forward to now. Bike sat for two weeks. This morning I took it for a ride. When I cranked it sounded odd, like I could hear the usual engine noises coming from near the header or top emd instead of out of the exhaust. The note was maybe a bit deeper than usual, too.
Disclaimer: I replaced the clutch cable last weekend and removed and reinstalled the air box in the process.
Anyway on the ride back home the check engine light comes on...then while waiting at a traffic light the bike dies. I roll it onto the sidewalk and jump it with a portable jumpstarter battery thing. I'm trying to keep it around 3k RPM to keep it from dying (I'm close to home by now) and then get stuck in bad traffic. My choices are overheat or die, so I overheat. Manage to limp into a tiny parking lot as a plastic tube in the radiator circuit melts and leaks fluid (that, at least, is an easy fix).
Battery definitely needs replacing since it's Li-ion and has died twice. My question is, do I have a battery drain I don't know about and how do I find out? What could be wrong?
Extra info: they tested the battery the first time and said it was good after recharging it.
Sent from my SGH-S970G using Tapatalk