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Cron
09-14-2012, 05:33 PM
hello, hopefully you can help me with this...

bike was sitting for a couple weeks. now I have no lights, horn, starter, etc.

ignition key seems to work and I can kick start it and drive it around.

tried charging the battery for a couple hours.

I could only find one fuse which is fine.

any idea how to troubleshoot this?

Thanks!
FastDoc
09-14-2012, 05:43 PM
What's the battery voltage with the bike off?

CB's are known to have terrible batteries stock. May simply be dead.
Cron
09-14-2012, 05:49 PM
not sure I'll try to find one.

what about if I have the battery charger hooked up and still nothing, shouldn't I still get some juice out of that?
FastDoc
09-14-2012, 06:01 PM
Maybe not. If the battery is internally shorted due to sulfation it won't take a charge.

Also check your connections, the ground cable in particular.
Cron
09-14-2012, 08:10 PM
this sucks, i have someone checking out the bike tomorrow and the electronics are dead. doesn't seem to be a loose connection. hopefully it's just the battery but the fact that I can't even get a weak horn or lights when the charger is connected to the +/- terminal concerns me. ground wire seems solid.
Cron
09-14-2012, 08:25 PM
battery is fine i checked it... def got juice there
FastDoc
09-14-2012, 09:12 PM
You said it runs if kick started? Do the lights work with it running?
MICRider
09-15-2012, 12:55 AM
battery is fine i checked it... def got juice there

What's the voltmeter reading on it?
Cron
09-15-2012, 05:50 PM
Guys, thanks a lot for the ideas.

I finally figured it out... I took my dog out in the middle of the night, said a little prayer and turned on the igntion, jiggled the ground terminal connection and everything powered up. I def could sleep better last night with that resolved.

Turns out that the ground battery connection was losing contact due to corrosion or whatever and the ignition switch is going a little wonky. The ignition switch is a concern, but at least I know what the issue is and it's generally functional. Fairly basic stuff, I just didn't put all the pieces together right away, and God helped me out a little there.

This forum is the best!
Weldangrind
09-15-2012, 05:53 PM
So, you're saying that prayer did the trick? :)
Cron
09-15-2012, 05:56 PM
So, you're saying that prayer did the trick? :)

I'm not too proud to ask for a little help! :P