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Motorcycle & Scooter

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)

10. You can try cleaning the contacts. You'd have to google that one.

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #9)

Tue Nov 5, 2013, 10:17 PM

Nov 2013

Or replace it. If I'm not mistaken it's about $80.

Or the arduous route would be to start at the battery an check voltage on every wire from the harness.

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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