Here's the specifics...yesterdays ride with a pack of HD's..stopped at a coworkers house for a clutch cable adjustment on this gals aged and neglected sportster...everybody thinks we're ready to go...three bikes take off and the sporty gal is just ahead of me and as she lets out her clutch lever?...nothing...as in...in gear but no rolly...they adjusted the cable the wrong way!!! LOL!
Meanwhile...the first three bikes were already to the end of the block and ready to make a right onto the main drag...so I shot out and bolted to the corner to let'em know to turn around and come back...then returned myself and shut my busa down...the dude who did the adjustment to his wifes sporty was quite embarrassed over his err and readjusted it in just a couple minutes and we were ready to go again...and here's where I ran into a glitch with my busa as...
when I went to fire it back up again?...it would barely crank over just one time with each press of the starter button..(and I tried the starter button several times) acting like it suddenly aqquired a dead battery...then about the 4th time I tried to start it via the starter button?...the tach/speedo diagnostics did a freaking dance on me...both needles came up and held at about the 2 O'Clock position (for about 1/2 a second) and then pegged at the pins for another 1/2 a second and then returned to zero and then did the full sweep routine again (just like when you initially turn the ignition on) but it was already on...and then it just barely cranked over and fired up...and it's never done it before and didn't do it again but I'm thinking it might be time for a new battery as I did leave the bike sit for two weeks while I went hunting and she was a little slow cranking on first fire-up (but still managed to fire right up) when I got back but was right back up to snuff after the first good ride...until yesterday.
So...whaddaya'll think...is it "New Battery Time"?
Other notes: It's an '03 model with the original oem battery...and only had 1,600 miles on it when I bought it back in march of '05...owner was scared of it..let it sit a lot...I'm thinking the battery might've gone dead on him as well and maybe he just recharged it to sell...or?...I could have a legimate serious problem waiting to happen again...gimme your best thoughts cause I $uck at electrical/electronic issues and...
T.I.A., Bill.
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Meanwhile...the first three bikes were already to the end of the block and ready to make a right onto the main drag...so I shot out and bolted to the corner to let'em know to turn around and come back...then returned myself and shut my busa down...the dude who did the adjustment to his wifes sporty was quite embarrassed over his err and readjusted it in just a couple minutes and we were ready to go again...and here's where I ran into a glitch with my busa as...
when I went to fire it back up again?...it would barely crank over just one time with each press of the starter button..(and I tried the starter button several times) acting like it suddenly aqquired a dead battery...then about the 4th time I tried to start it via the starter button?...the tach/speedo diagnostics did a freaking dance on me...both needles came up and held at about the 2 O'Clock position (for about 1/2 a second) and then pegged at the pins for another 1/2 a second and then returned to zero and then did the full sweep routine again (just like when you initially turn the ignition on) but it was already on...and then it just barely cranked over and fired up...and it's never done it before and didn't do it again but I'm thinking it might be time for a new battery as I did leave the bike sit for two weeks while I went hunting and she was a little slow cranking on first fire-up (but still managed to fire right up) when I got back but was right back up to snuff after the first good ride...until yesterday.
So...whaddaya'll think...is it "New Battery Time"?
Other notes: It's an '03 model with the original oem battery...and only had 1,600 miles on it when I bought it back in march of '05...owner was scared of it..let it sit a lot...I'm thinking the battery might've gone dead on him as well and maybe he just recharged it to sell...or?...I could have a legimate serious problem waiting to happen again...gimme your best thoughts cause I $uck at electrical/electronic issues and...
T.I.A., Bill.
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