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Bike didn't start

Discussion in 'Mechanics Garage' started by Carnage, Aug 15, 2011.

  1. Carnage

    Carnage New Member

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    I have been riding the bike a lot back and forth to work and on a few short rides the last month and everything has been OK. yesterday I went to put gas in the bike and it started fine. After I filled up the bike it wouldn't start. It acted like the battery was dead and reset the clock and trip counters.

    I had a friend come by and but jumper cables on the bike and it started right up but if I gave it some gas it would die. It did that twice. I let it sit for a minute and started it again and let it idle and it was fine.

    I restarted the bike three times and didn't have any problems. Looking at the battery connections they looked fine. There is a fuse connected to a red power cable and for some reason it had corrosion on it like it was hit with battery acid. Since the battery is sealed this doesn't make sense to me. I replaced the fuse with a new one and I rode the bike to work this morning and it seems fine. Guess I will find out at lunch.

    I was just wondering if anybody has had this happen and if there are any ideas how a fuse gets corrosion on it.
     


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  2. bobthebiker

    bobthebiker New Member

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    sounds like a bad cable. check the resistance in OHMS on your positive/negatives.
     


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