I have the Service Manual and am going to proceed through the checklist, but thought I would take 5min to post on here and draw on your guys considerable knowledge to perhaps expedite my troubleshoot.
2003 ST, 55k (kms) I've owned the bike 2yrs since 45k - no issues whatsoever to this point. The battery sits on a battery tender Jr between rides, it has a quick connect for that, only other electrical farkle are Oxford Heated Grips installed by the PO. I'm the 2nd owner and the original was an engineer who kept very detailed freq maintenance and was a pretty anal guy, so the bike is in good shape for the year.
I went for a 4hr ride the other day - bike started perfectly and ran perfectly. I made a stop 1.5hrs in to use the washroom - bike fired up again no problem. Ran fine - no hesitations, on/off lights or on/off guages. Stopped again 3hrs in to stretch my legs and check my phone at a tiny backwater service station. When I went to restart the bike I switched the key on and the bike went completely dead after initially powering up for 2s. Complete loss after that - no electrical anything. I was able to use a portable jump pack a good samairitin had (and fellow rider - bless you all) and once started the bike ran fine. I was able to ride the hour home with no gremlins whatsoever, until I was about 5min from home in traffic and I started to ease the clutch out and roll on throttle from a red light and the bike died on me again. No electrical. Pushed it to the side of the road and got the GF to swing by and I was able to jump it into life with cables and ride it the last 5min home - again with no running problems whatsoever.
As I'm a relatively new owner of the bike I do not know the status of the battery, so it will be replaced regardless. Electrical is not my forte - but I have had dead batteries before and this one seemed odd to me how it came about. Thought maybe you who are wise in the ways of ST's might be able to share some thoughts. I'm worried about possible RR/Alternator/Electrical problems beyond a dead battery.
Troubleshooting starts later today, but as a Physical Therapist I know the value of starting your differential diagnosis in a strong initial direction, and figured one of you fine people may be able to enlighten me. Cheers
2003 ST, 55k (kms) I've owned the bike 2yrs since 45k - no issues whatsoever to this point. The battery sits on a battery tender Jr between rides, it has a quick connect for that, only other electrical farkle are Oxford Heated Grips installed by the PO. I'm the 2nd owner and the original was an engineer who kept very detailed freq maintenance and was a pretty anal guy, so the bike is in good shape for the year.
I went for a 4hr ride the other day - bike started perfectly and ran perfectly. I made a stop 1.5hrs in to use the washroom - bike fired up again no problem. Ran fine - no hesitations, on/off lights or on/off guages. Stopped again 3hrs in to stretch my legs and check my phone at a tiny backwater service station. When I went to restart the bike I switched the key on and the bike went completely dead after initially powering up for 2s. Complete loss after that - no electrical anything. I was able to use a portable jump pack a good samairitin had (and fellow rider - bless you all) and once started the bike ran fine. I was able to ride the hour home with no gremlins whatsoever, until I was about 5min from home in traffic and I started to ease the clutch out and roll on throttle from a red light and the bike died on me again. No electrical. Pushed it to the side of the road and got the GF to swing by and I was able to jump it into life with cables and ride it the last 5min home - again with no running problems whatsoever.
As I'm a relatively new owner of the bike I do not know the status of the battery, so it will be replaced regardless. Electrical is not my forte - but I have had dead batteries before and this one seemed odd to me how it came about. Thought maybe you who are wise in the ways of ST's might be able to share some thoughts. I'm worried about possible RR/Alternator/Electrical problems beyond a dead battery.
Troubleshooting starts later today, but as a Physical Therapist I know the value of starting your differential diagnosis in a strong initial direction, and figured one of you fine people may be able to enlighten me. Cheers
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