I was gonna post earlier and figured, nah Ill figure it out.
Tried to go for a ride today, with a fully charged agm15 duracell battery. 1 year old, always kept on trickle.
No dice. The thing just chuggs, with the occasional click of electronics (cant tell if its the actual starter switch or something in the rt side cowl)
When the electronics click, all the action of the starter switch just stops and it stops cranking.
I get an occasional pop of air through the airbox backfire style.
Ive killed the battery 3 times today. Fully charging inbetween.
The last ride I went on was a week ago, started fine* (it always struggles, but starts on first or 2nd try.) i wrote it off as a side effect of having my battery wired up
in the top box, but the length of battery cables shouldnt matter. they are 8 gauge silver wires.
Before the last try a minute ago, I took the airbox off, and looked inside, it has residue but no pooling.
I replaced the airbox vent tube going to the valve cover with the OEM part (my other rigging was kinked but still moving air.)
I rode on a 300 mile trip July 4th weekend with no issues and haven't changed anything since.
I took out a sparkplug and it looks fine.
I always have hard starts getting gas and figured it was fuel pressure lost from opening the tank.
Now the thing just wont fire
New coil packs, new spark plugs, inspected valve clearance and all in spec in the past few months.
Codes 14 all day long today., with a 19 popping up once.
Anyways, this shit is wack.
I will be getting a lithium ion battery next season
I would really like to know what is going on so I can rely on it starting when I'm not at home to poke at it.
The fuel pump primes with the on switch, and i always give it a twist of the throttle before hitting the start button.
Might try to hold a sparkplug against the case while cranking to make sure there is spark.
Tried to go for a ride today, with a fully charged agm15 duracell battery. 1 year old, always kept on trickle.
No dice. The thing just chuggs, with the occasional click of electronics (cant tell if its the actual starter switch or something in the rt side cowl)
When the electronics click, all the action of the starter switch just stops and it stops cranking.
I get an occasional pop of air through the airbox backfire style.
Ive killed the battery 3 times today. Fully charging inbetween.
The last ride I went on was a week ago, started fine* (it always struggles, but starts on first or 2nd try.) i wrote it off as a side effect of having my battery wired up
in the top box, but the length of battery cables shouldnt matter. they are 8 gauge silver wires.
Before the last try a minute ago, I took the airbox off, and looked inside, it has residue but no pooling.
I replaced the airbox vent tube going to the valve cover with the OEM part (my other rigging was kinked but still moving air.)
I rode on a 300 mile trip July 4th weekend with no issues and haven't changed anything since.
I took out a sparkplug and it looks fine.
I always have hard starts getting gas and figured it was fuel pressure lost from opening the tank.
Now the thing just wont fire
New coil packs, new spark plugs, inspected valve clearance and all in spec in the past few months.
Codes 14 all day long today., with a 19 popping up once.
Anyways, this shit is wack.
I will be getting a lithium ion battery next season
I would really like to know what is going on so I can rely on it starting when I'm not at home to poke at it.
The fuel pump primes with the on switch, and i always give it a twist of the throttle before hitting the start button.
Might try to hold a sparkplug against the case while cranking to make sure there is spark.
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