Bonnie being a bitch
- Thread starter cynr1023
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Wow, that's really unusual! How old is your battery? Sounds like maybe it is on the edge of not producing enough power to turn the engine over. I'd check it's voltage level after it has been sitting overnight. It should be at 13V+. If it is lower, it may be holding enough to turn on lights but not enough to turn the engine over. Just a thought.
bluesforchallah
Rocker
Only he states "I can wait 5 minutes and it'll start up fine, sometimes I have to wait longer sometimes shorter." though I wouldn't rule out the battery, but it doesn't sound like symptom of a low battery. I'd think if the battery were low, you'd get the usual clicking noise, then nothing.
cynr1023
TT Racer
Battery is about a year old, posts are clean. Just got done cleaning and checking all connections. Can't find my multimeter, probably still at my wife's house. Going through a divorce so I'm limited on resources. I'm charging the battery just to verify that it's good, don't think it's that. Most likely will order a rectifier. Thanks for the ideas. Sometimes ya just need a think tank to bounce ideas off of.
bonZa
Street Tracker
I had to replace my Regulator Rectifier early this year as was not getting full charge to the battery and at first thought it was just a flat battery even though only a year old. eventually found that the old RR was delivering less than 12 Volts at 1200 RPM plus. bought a new one from Ricks and all good since
ttbonnie
Scooter
sorry to hear about the divorce CYNR - never easy, but better roads ahead.
here is some good info- it has links to testing and diagnostic flow charts for the electrical system, specifically the rectifier
http://www.electrosport.com/technical-resources/known-issues/common-tech-issue?model=2450
keep us posted on what you find..
cheers
here is some good info- it has links to testing and diagnostic flow charts for the electrical system, specifically the rectifier
http://www.electrosport.com/technical-resources/known-issues/common-tech-issue?model=2450
keep us posted on what you find..
cheers
cynr1023
TT Racer
looks like the battery totally crapped out on me. Going to replace that and see what else is going on. Had the bike on a jack, right after posting the original message, and my shoe lace got wrapped around the release lever, bike ended up on it's side. Really ticked, just picked the bike up and took a break so I didn't lose my temper. Now to find a battery.
Texas94fs
Hooligan
I mean, we weren't going to say anything.
of the 3 sets of filters I've owned, my K&Ns were most prone to that, my two sets of uni filters haven't really had that issue. OF course they were never exactly easy to get on in the first place.
Sounds like you might've had a few electrical gremlins gang up on you. I'm really thinking its rectifier, all the symptoms you have described and the charging the battery etc etc are exactly what I went through, to the letter. I think I found mine for about 75 bucks and it plugged right in. But for fucks sake i cant remember the name of the company. it was just someones name IIRC.
fender
Street Tracker
I just picked up a new moset based one from rick's motor sports. Send me a pm with your address and I'll ship you my old one. I went with then new one since those are cooler running as I'm in the process of relocating it to the battery box to clean up the front of the bike.
FYI mine is from a 05 Bonnie.
FYI mine is from a 05 Bonnie.
Baltobonneville
750cc
Nice offer, but probably not a good idea.