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« on: September 23, 2010, 05:14:03 PM »

I went to start my bike up yesterday for work and nothing happened.  I was have problems with an oil leak but the bike ran fine last week, and I ride it for work and put 200-400 miles on it a week.  The battery is holding a 11 volt charge and when i put the key in the ignition none of the bike is getting any power.  musicboohoo Not really sure what happened any suggestions? 

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« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2010, 03:41:47 AM »

11 volts is not anywhere near enough. That battery is completely drained. You need at least 12.4 volts-ish
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« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2010, 06:18:52 AM »

+1 on that, 11 volts either indicates that your battery is losing voltage due to age and needs to be replaced or that your charging system is failing.  There are plenty of threads on the latter if you do a search in the upper right box for "Charging System".
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« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2010, 07:00:58 PM »

regardless of 11 volts not being enough the bike isn't getting any power at all.  I was hoping it was a fuse but it wasn't.  Any suggestions??  Thanks
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« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2010, 08:10:53 PM »

Battery cables have a bad habit of coming loose at the terminals, I would check there and work my way through the system if that doesn't fix it.  My Vulcan battery cable would always work loose and cause the bike to act like the battery was dead. 
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