Hi. I am new to the site. I have a 93. I was riding along at about 40MPH when the bike went completely dead. Battery cables are tight. Turn the key on there are no indicators nothing. Stone dead. She never had a stumble before this. I have looked at other threads and they always seem to at least have some power. What should I look for. Is this a R/R problem?
Probably the master fuse. Don't know where that is on a '93; but I know there is one. As for your last question... no way to tell until after we figure out why she died like that.
the last time I ran my battery down enough that the engine died, turning the key off for a few minutes allowed the battery to recover enough that there was some life in the electrical system. briefly. So, the symptoms as you describe them, doesn't scream RR to me. Main fuse on a '93 is part of the starter relay, under the seat, next to the battery.
I had complete DEAD bike when the r/r took a shit. It melted and fucked the starter relay too. My suggestion is to take the Right side seat cowl off and look at the ole r/r. Check the starter relay which is the green covererd thingie near your batt-ER-EE/Main 20 AMP fuse is der too. After that>? could check fuses, but me guesses and would bet, (I don't go to dah casinos either) thats its r/r shorting out. KEEP US POSTED and gud luk
Are the battery cables clean? Had the 97 do this when I had it and thats all it was...until the RR went later. BZ
Thanks for your replies. I finally was able to do a little troubleshooting today. The main fuse was blown. Put a new fuse in just to see if it was a fluke. Blew the new one too. Unplugged the R/R and the fuse didn't blow. Going to test the R/R.
Like there saying RR but check any other Main wire lead and make sure its not grounding out to the frame if the RR doesn't fix it it only takes a rat a min to chew some wire back and your like WTF Dead. Thats what i get for letting the bike sit that winter.
Same thing happened to me and I was on a two week old Honda 400 four ! It was a cold crisp morning. It turned out to be the main fuse. Fortunately Honda had included one spare main fuse. Never happened again.
While hooking up an accessory run (for gps & ipod) I noticed my '06's main fuse was discolored. Under closer inspection the brown lead from the fuse had annealed the copper wire due to the heat. All other wires and terminals looked ok. I use 2 - 55w aux lights and a heated jacket this time of year. My guess is that the connection of the brown lead to the terminals wasn't good enough to carry the current. I cut out the old fuse holder and spliced in a heavier one (better to match the 30A fuse). Since I just returned from a 2,000mi. 4-day trip to Arkansas I'm lucky I didn't shuck it during the trip. I was rewiring my aux. due to a bad battery in my gps causing the aux lead fuse to blow.
