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Bike is having weird electrical problems.
08/24/22 at 08:16:47

Hello, so recently I decided to try and start my bike, which was running fine the day before, but when I hit the start button I hear a click noise and all my power goes out. After a while, my lights eventually came back on, and when I tried to start the bike again I got the same disappointing click. After investigating further, and cleaning the battery connections, I noticed that even when all the lights were off after I tried to start it, The parking light would still light up when I turned the key to park. I'm not sure if this could be a grounding problem, loose connection, or something wrong with the starter relay. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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SpamyToo Full Member Offline Posts: 233	Re: Bike is having weird electrical problems. Reply #1 - 08/24/22 at 08:23:01 Sounds like just a typical dead battery. Recharge it, or perhaps replace it.
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bryntbb YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3	Re: Bike is having weird electrical problems. Reply #2 - 08/24/22 at 08:43:55 I've had the battery die on me before, but it made a completely different noise and it didn't shut off the lights end electronics for an undetermined amount of time. I guess I'll just leave it on the charger for a while and hope it is just a flat battery.
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5401 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Bike is having weird electrical problems. Reply #3 - 08/24/22 at 11:24:31 Bad battery or bad / loose connection
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Bike is having weird electrical problems. Reply #4 - 08/24/22 at 11:25:17 Everyone needs a multimeter. Volts and Ohms are things you need to be able to test. You don't have to spend a buncha money.
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Re: Bike is having weird electrical problems.
Reply #5 - 08/25/22 at 14:18:34

I got a multimeter and finally got around to testing the battery. When the bike was off the voltage read 12.4, and when I had the key switched to on the voltage was 11. The I tried starting the bike and the voltage dropped all the down to 1-3 volts. Does this mean the battery is shot or is something else causing this?

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Re: Bike is having weird electrical problems.
Reply #6 - 08/25/22 at 14:23:59

bryntbb wrote on 08/25/22 at 14:18:34:

I got a multimeter and finally got around to testing the battery. When the bike was off the voltage read 12.4, and when I had the key switched to on the voltage was 11. The I tried starting the bike and the voltage dropped all the down to 1-3 volts. Does this mean the battery is shot or is something else causing this?

Could be, charge it overnight with more than a trickle charger, then try again. Those don't have enough power to fully charge a battery.

check the water too.

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