Triumphrat

2008superduke · 11-16-2012, 06:20 PM

Just lookng for some extra knowledge

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yipes_stripes · 11-16-2012, 08:24 PM

Have you measured your battery under load? Did it stay at ~12 v?

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2008superduke · 11-16-2012, 09:36 PM

Right now it is at 12.30. I just hooked it back up to the charge for the night after attempting to start it a few times today. I will remeasure with it under load (headlights on) but before at a good charge it it did not drop drastically, I'll do a little video to show the drop.
I have not changed the battery, is there some goofy thing with batteries, where they show a volt but don't have the cranking amps (lost cell or something)

Maxacon600 · 11-16-2012, 11:17 PM

Is air coming out the end of the muffler when pressing starter button?

2008superduke · 11-17-2012, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Maxacon600

Is air coming out the end of the muffler when pressing starter button?

I have not check that yet! let me get back to you on that.

2008superduke · 11-17-2012, 04:32 PM

Well it is kind of difficult to do it by yourself so I come up with the paper flapper

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2008superduke · 11-17-2012, 04:50 PM

Battery

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OraDBAforPsoft · 11-19-2012, 01:42 PM

I had similar symptoms with my battery. It looked good after being on the charger, engine turned over a few times then would not.
I replaced the battery, charged it over night and all is good.
I would suggest
1) Do as the previous owner id and jump start it. If that works - you may have battery issues
2) Ride it to Autozone or one of those places and have them test the battery.

If it will not jump start - then could be a wiring issue with something grounding out , but then TuneEcu *may* throw an error code telling you what is disconnected.
Sorry if this does not help, but I wasted a lot of time suspecting R/R, Stator etc and it was my battery.

2008superduke · 11-19-2012, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by OraDBAforPsoft

I had similar symptoms with my battery. It looked good after being on the charger, engine turned over a few times then would not.
I replaced the battery, charged it over night and all is good.
I would suggest
1) Do as the previous owner id and jump start it. If that works - you may have battery issues
2) Ride it to Autozone or one of those places and have them test the battery.

If it will not jump start - then could be a wiring issue with something grounding out , but then TuneEcu *may* throw an error code telling you what is disconnected.
Sorry if this does not help, but I wasted a lot of time suspecting R/R, Stator etc and it was my battery.

That's my plan for tomorrow, I have a battery shop in town and I'm going to take it to them and have them test the battery. I feel like I have been running in circles and now wondering if I will kick myself in the ass if it is the battery

Thanks

kubbie · 11-20-2012, 07:31 PM

Yes, take the battery and get it tested.

It should produce a minimum of 180 CCA. If it doesn't it is garbage.

12 volts means nothing without amps.