Well - it happened this morning on the way to catch a plane! Stopped at a light, konk -hmm did I stall on take off, battery dead, push start - begin to drive - head lights off - motor dying so i switch off head lights - continue to drive to "somewhere off the road" ......konk konk konk. DOA.
So after the tow truck drops me off (oh did i forget to say I missed my plane!) I suspect the battery got an internal short (ok i'm an optimist) - so i needed a new bat anyway. Get a new Yuasa - put it in start up - but volts at bat are now at 12.5 and dropping like the value of US dollar. I'm looking for the next hypothesis the supports denial of the "ugly truth". Rats - can't think of any, hmmm - was it malicous attach from Martians?...........
Ok - dismissing every desire to suppress the "ugly truth": I don't see any burnt wires at the VRR connector, or the 3P connector (is that the one with the 30A fuse attached?) and the red connector with 3 yellow wires (to the left of the 30A connector just mentioned).
Bike has 43k miles, 1994, connections were never corroded and i've cleaned / greased them for 4 yrs (not because i'm a 28A paranoid, well actually.....!).
Any other connetions to find, fuses, or is it an electrical test of the 28A at this point?
Any thoughts about the "ugly truth" welcome!
THX U
Paul
So after the tow truck drops me off (oh did i forget to say I missed my plane!) I suspect the battery got an internal short (ok i'm an optimist) - so i needed a new bat anyway. Get a new Yuasa - put it in start up - but volts at bat are now at 12.5 and dropping like the value of US dollar. I'm looking for the next hypothesis the supports denial of the "ugly truth". Rats - can't think of any, hmmm - was it malicous attach from Martians?...........
Ok - dismissing every desire to suppress the "ugly truth": I don't see any burnt wires at the VRR connector, or the 3P connector (is that the one with the 30A fuse attached?) and the red connector with 3 yellow wires (to the left of the 30A connector just mentioned).
Bike has 43k miles, 1994, connections were never corroded and i've cleaned / greased them for 4 yrs (not because i'm a 28A paranoid, well actually.....!).
Any other connetions to find, fuses, or is it an electrical test of the 28A at this point?
Any thoughts about the "ugly truth" welcome!
THX U
Paul
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