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Lately, I've noticed that sometimes when I start the ol' girl she doesn't act normal. Most of the time, she fires right up, maybe a little cranking but always less than 5 or 6 seconds and she fires up. However, on occasion she will crank over what sounds like a single crank or a half crank then stop, like a dead battery would do, I release the starter button, push it again and 99% of the time will start right up. Only once did it not start on the second push and that was while I was on a trip to DC for Rolling Thunder, talk about a oh crap moment. On the road about halfway between point A and point B and the bike doesn't want to start while your wife is sitting on the passenger seat. Thankfully, after disconnecting a cell phone charger from the bike it started right up.
I've cleaned all the switches as has been suggested on another forum and the problem came back yesterday. Unfortunately it doesn't happen often enough to troubleshoot it. Is this a possible indication the battery is on its way out? The bike is a 2007 and its the original battery.
I've cleaned all the switches as has been suggested on another forum and the problem came back yesterday. Unfortunately it doesn't happen often enough to troubleshoot it. Is this a possible indication the battery is on its way out? The bike is a 2007 and its the original battery.