RogerRZ
Well-Known Member
Hey all,
Yesterday, i just got back from a 6 day, 3300 mile trip. Beautiful ride, I'll start a thread with pics, honest. When I got home, I parked it and went inside to greet the love Mrs. RogerRZ, who seemed happy to see me. About an hour later, as I was putting it in the garage 10 feet from where i had parked the bike, it went from running, to completely dead, no indicator lights, completely dead. I pushed it the rest of the way in, and plugged it into the tender. I have a USB port on the dash, and it wasn't displaying properly (blinking). And absolutely nothing. I pulled the side panels off, and the battery terminals were good and tight, with no apparent corrosion. The 50A main fuse was also ok. I then put my multimeter on the battery, and it read 3.6ish volts. Hmmm. I had unplugged the tender to do this. I plugged it In again, the usb display was now reading correctly, the battery was reading 12.6v, and when I turned the key, buzzing and whirring, lights and it fired right up.
I didn't do anything to it, and I'm sure the magic men were off duty, as it was after 5 pm. What on earth could have done this. I'm a bit concerne...
Yesterday, i just got back from a 6 day, 3300 mile trip. Beautiful ride, I'll start a thread with pics, honest. When I got home, I parked it and went inside to greet the love Mrs. RogerRZ, who seemed happy to see me. About an hour later, as I was putting it in the garage 10 feet from where i had parked the bike, it went from running, to completely dead, no indicator lights, completely dead. I pushed it the rest of the way in, and plugged it into the tender. I have a USB port on the dash, and it wasn't displaying properly (blinking). And absolutely nothing. I pulled the side panels off, and the battery terminals were good and tight, with no apparent corrosion. The 50A main fuse was also ok. I then put my multimeter on the battery, and it read 3.6ish volts. Hmmm. I had unplugged the tender to do this. I plugged it In again, the usb display was now reading correctly, the battery was reading 12.6v, and when I turned the key, buzzing and whirring, lights and it fired right up.
I didn't do anything to it, and I'm sure the magic men were off duty, as it was after 5 pm. What on earth could have done this. I'm a bit concerne...