Need more help with 97 vs 800 battery?
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Need more help with 97 vs 800 battery?
Ok so I bought a motorbatt battery and put the posts on and realized that bike wasn’t starting - checked the battery and it wasn’t charged (or lost it charge) - I bought it off Amazon. So I charged it and next day it’s charged.
Install it but I realized that I put the posts on wrong - negative post connected to positive side of bike, and vice versa. Tried starting it but nothing happened obviously. Switched the posts so now positive side has positive post and negative side has negative post — still nothing.
So was it just a bad battery? (Motorbatt batteries are supposed to be good to install right away)—- or did I do something when negative side was connected to positive terminal, etc.?
Install it but I realized that I put the posts on wrong - negative post connected to positive side of bike, and vice versa. Tried starting it but nothing happened obviously. Switched the posts so now positive side has positive post and negative side has negative post — still nothing.
So was it just a bad battery? (Motorbatt batteries are supposed to be good to install right away)—- or did I do something when negative side was connected to positive terminal, etc.?
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Re: Need more help with 97 vs 800 battery?
Check your main fuse and never trust the battery terminals to be in the same place as the last one. Fuses are under the left side cover. You may have also destroyed the new battery.
If you have any type of electrical issue, have your battery load tested before you do anything else. Any auto parts store will test it for free.
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Re: Need more help with 97 vs 800 battery?
My god I wish I thought of that - that’s it!!! Thank you Sgtcall!! It’s trying to start now!!! (Haven’t rode this bike since 2020)
But it’s not staying on. Even with choke out it will stay on if I give it gas, but won’t stay on. What now?
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Re: Need more help with 97 vs 800 battery?
You have fuelling issues. Have you had the carbs apart to clean? How long has the bike been sitting? Can you hear the fuel pump working? How old is the gas?
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Re: Need more help with 97 vs 800 battery?
Gas isn’t that old and had sea foam in it - I’ve been trying since 2020 when it originally stopped on me on the road. For years it’s been working just fine. Very reliable.
When it stopped suddenly at a light, in 2020, I had to give it constant gas to get home.
That winter I took out the carbs and cleaned them. I got ignition coils, new spark plugs, new ignition coil wires, new starter (which didn’t work and the old starter actually was fine). In 2021 and 2022 I dumped the gas and refilled it fresh with sea foam.
But I am opened to any ideas as i probably screwed up somewhere.
So now it will start and run for a few seconds, sometimes a couple of minutes, until it will surge a little and die, or just die.
I love this bike and I don’t want to give up and this has to be the year it gets fixed
When it stopped suddenly at a light, in 2020, I had to give it constant gas to get home.
That winter I took out the carbs and cleaned them. I got ignition coils, new spark plugs, new ignition coil wires, new starter (which didn’t work and the old starter actually was fine). In 2021 and 2022 I dumped the gas and refilled it fresh with sea foam.
But I am opened to any ideas as i probably screwed up somewhere.
So now it will start and run for a few seconds, sometimes a couple of minutes, until it will surge a little and die, or just die.
I love this bike and I don’t want to give up and this has to be the year it gets fixed
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Re: Need more help with 97 vs 800 battery?
Do you hear the fuel pump running?
If you have any type of electrical issue, have your battery load tested before you do anything else. Any auto parts store will test it for free.
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Re: Need more help with 97 vs 800 battery?
So are you saying you've had the carbs full of fuel for 3 years? They're more than likely gummed up again.Georgey wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 6:30 pmGas isn’t that old and had sea foam in it - I’ve been trying since 2020 when it originally stopped on me on the road. For years it’s been working just fine. Very reliable.
When it stopped suddenly at a light, in 2020, I had to give it constant gas to get home.
That winter I took out the carbs and cleaned them. I got ignition coils, new spark plugs, new ignition coil wires, new starter (which didn’t work and the old starter actually was fine). In 2021 and 2022 I dumped the gas and refilled it fresh with sea foam.
But I am opened to any ideas as i probably screwed up somewhere.
So now it will start and run for a few seconds, sometimes a couple of minutes, until it will surge a little and die, or just die.
I love this bike and I don’t want to give up and this has to be the year it gets fixed
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Re: Need more help with 97 vs 800 battery?
Drain the float bowls and check for water.
Grow old disgracefully young man.
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Re: Need more help with 97 vs 800 battery?
They’re drained and I’m going to clean the petcock but out of carb cleaner - the fuel filter looks ok (just orangey colored).
Hate to take out the carbs - trying to rule everything out first -
What’s the sound of the fuel pump? I did originally buy a cheap replacement. I don’t spend $80 for the one floating around on eBay.
My throttle cable is loose so it wouldn’t surprise me if that has something to do with everything
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Re: Need more help with 97 vs 800 battery?
Ok no buzz or ticking but the tank isn’t connected - I was cleaning the petcock
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I have aftermarket ape hangers and so my cable is much longer than stock
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Re: Need more help with 97 vs 800 battery?
Do I need to connect the tank to the fuel pump to determine if my fuel pump is working? It’s not buzzing/ticking when I try to start it but the tank’s not attached yet
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Re: Need more help with 97 vs 800 battery?
Well you are going to need some way of getting fuel to the pump. You could rig up a temporary tank of some sort.
If you have any type of electrical issue, have your battery load tested before you do anything else. Any auto parts store will test it for free.