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Motorcycle & Scooter

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,847 posts) Mon Nov 4, 2013, 11:19 PM Nov 2013

So, my bike is dead. [View all]

2002 shadow vlx 600. It wasn't acting up before. Battery seems charged and fuses seem OK but acts like there's no battery hooked up at all.
Ideas on what to check?

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So, my bike is dead. [View all] Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2013 OP

You mean there's no light, no horn, no lights, no nothing? NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #1

No nothing. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2013 #2

Check the kill switch (run/stop)? pscot Nov 2013 #3

It's in the right position but that doesn't eliminate a short there, I guess. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2013 #4

How about the starter motor? mgc1961 Nov 2013 #5

Oops, I replied to your PM before I saw this post. No, it doesn't turn over. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2013 #6

I hate electrical problems. mgc1961 Nov 2013 #7

As another poster mentioned, check the kill switch. Glassunion Nov 2013 #8

30A Fuse is fine-- I even put in a new one just to be on the safe side. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2013 #9

You can try cleaning the contacts. You'd have to google that one. Glassunion Nov 2013 #10

Still sounds like the battery to me. Ganja Ninja Nov 2013 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author TxVietVet Feb 2014 #12

Another thing to check is the sidestand lockout switch. cloudbase May 2014 #13

At long last, an update on my dead bike: Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2014 #14

Electrical issues can be tricky. Glassunion Jun 2014 #15

Thanks. I picked up a battery today and will put it in tomorrow. Will update again then. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2014 #16

It"s Alive!! Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2014 #17