Black and white and some red all over

[The Lone Rider]

Ok, next time I will push start a 250kg bike down the road on my own after I have been in a pub for 12 hours.

Anyway, may have sorted the problem... I think the switch may have been making contact with the frame and there for crossing the circuit. But then again if it was doing that I would have thought the LEDs would have been on all the time. Who knows. Might just be a tired old battery.

[The Lone Rider]

Removed fuse from circuit so should mean the whole thing no longer connected, also tapped up all contacts and such.

Took the bike for a spin - about 30k. Got home. Turned it off, started back up easily. Turned it off. Started back up easily.

So.. I guess let it sit and see if it fires tommorrow. If it's fine, then put the fuse back in and repeat the same test.

[xwhatsit]

Ok, next time I will push start a 250kg bike down the road on my own after I have been in a pub for 12 hours.

It's got four cylinders, be a piece of piss. If people can bump-start Norton 500 single racebikes on the flat you can do your bike Unless you're pissed of course

Hope the battery holds for tomorrow! Hate trying to chase down things like this with a multimeter, especially with the state of my wiring loom. Good luck!

[The Lone Rider]

It's got four cylinders, be a piece of piss. If people can bump-start Norton 500 single racebikes on the flat you can do your bike Unless you're pissed of course

Hope the battery holds for tomorrow! Hate trying to chase down things like this with a multimeter, especially with the state of my wiring loom. Good luck!

No bike of mine has ever been easy to push, let alone push start. And pub + 12 hours. Come on!

Bike still holding, will see tommorrow when its sat all night.

Then I'll put a fuse in it, and not switch on the LEDs and see if it goes flat

Then I'll turn the LEDs on when riding and see if that drains it.

[The Lone Rider]

well here's an update - took my battery into an auto electical place. They slow charged it over two days and tested it for voltage retention. Basically the conclusion was the battery was to old and tired to be useful.

1 New battery later last thursday... bike runs sweet.

It is now Sunday - 4 days after I put the new battery in. I have done roughly 400k in total since then.

Time to back track. Since thursday I have ridden around the hills and to lyttleton. Yesterday I road to asburton and back.

However today I took a friend to little river. When we got back to her place I went "hey I can smell something burning" and thought it must be the the wiring for the neons (they werent on - just thought maybe from the engine heating them up or from something else burning nearby in the neighborhood

Get home and can still smell. Once the engine is off I can hear sizzling. And see smoke from under the side covers. HOLY FUCK!

Wheel it down the drive, carefully pop the seat off. Fried and melted deformed battery.

What the fuck... thats all I can say.

Ive done several hundred K before today, and do what is ultimately a pissy casual cruise to lyttle river.. and the sucker fries.

I'm pissed off, and broke.

Dammit.

Who wants to buy a guitar, guitar amp cab, webcam.. got several things I will have to part with (including my car) so I can get this fuckin bike going once and for all and actually have a spell of smooth running!

What a great weekend to have my birthday.

And to not be out of character, even though I'm very pissed off.. I'll throw in a joke.

I'm so pissed off right now I don't think I could even be fucked baking a cake

[The Lone Rider]

Ta daaaaa.. the amazing exploding fiery battery..