Weird Battery Issue

[Zach929rr]

Leave Bostons... everything is fine. Stop off at C470 and Kipling (3 minutes from home) to visit with some buddies that are working. Leave there and head home... no problems. I get home, head up my driveway and kill the bike in front of the garage so I can grab my garage door opener out of my backpack. Open garage, go to start bike back up... chug chug chug. Enough power to crank, but not enough to start.

I let the bike sit in the garage after trying to crank it a few times. Come back 20 minutes later and it starts right up. What gives?

[Tipys]

Stator or rectfier going out

[Zach929rr]

Gay. Those were just replaced by TFOG about 4k miles ago...

[Jim_Vess]

Possibly it was simply too many starts and not enough ride time in-between those starts to fully recharge the battery.

[Foolds]

Its because you didn't get me a raffle ticket! I warned you! Next time it happens meter your battery and see what the volts are at.

[sugarrey]

I had an issue like this awhile back. It was a weak connection on my negative terminal but I am guessing you checked that? If you need some help let me know, I got all the time in the world and ole boys multimeter still, we can troubleshoot the SOB. LMK

[kevplus2]

vacuum (vapor lock) issues? if your gas cap used to vent, but isnt doing so now (did it whistle before but quit lately?), you may have a pressure problem. next time it happens, try pupping the gas cap for a minute, and then try to start it.

i ended up replacing a gas cap because of this. bike wouldnt start if it sat for a short time (like a 10 min break on a ride), but would fire right up after leaving the cap open for a minute. havent had a problem since i replaced the cap.

[Zach929rr]

Wasn't fuel related. I could audibly tell that the stator wasn't receiving volts, just thought it was strange that the bike would start just fine after a 15-20 minute sit.

[TFOGGuys]

Leave Bostons... everything is fine. Stop off at C470 and Kipling (3 minutes from home) to visit with some buddies that are working. Leave there and head home... no problems. I get home, head up my driveway and kill the bike in front of the garage so I can grab my garage door opener out of my backpack. Open garage, go to start bike back up... chug chug chug. Enough power to crank, but not enough to start.

I let the bike sit in the garage after trying to crank it a few times. Come back 20 minutes later and it starts right up. What gives?

Zach, it's still under warranty. Bring it by the shop and we can run a quick diagnosis.

[Zach929rr]

Aye aye!

[brennahm]

The stator doesn't "receive" voltage does it? My vote is loose connection!

[Zach929rr]

2 bad stator legs. Bleagh. Thankfully it will be covered