Supporting Member scjaws Posted September 26, 2020 Supporting Member Share Posted September 26, 2020 Haven't ridden in some time. (it's been too hot, yes I live in AZ.) Went out to start Red yesterday, and she was dead. Nothing when I turned the key on. Pulled the seats and the battery was putting out 2.48 volts. Fortunately I had a spare battery so I put it in. No joy. The batt was putting ou8t 12.62 volt6s but I stilll had nothing Yes. the 50A fuse is good. I have torn the bike down to almost parade rest looking for broken wires, no joy. SUGGESTI0NS ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member DavidS Posted September 26, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted September 26, 2020 Well, if you don't have any electrical at all to the bike, I would inspect your wiring harness to see if some critter has decided to make a meal of your wires. I'm not sure about AZ, but up here in Washington State, they love to get into cars and motorcycles and chew up wiring. If you don't get any power anywhere, and your new battery is putting out solid voltage, even with a new battery, start following the wires from the battery and test to see where they lose power. I know there are a ton of fuses stored all all over the bike, so it is easy to miss one somewhere. Hope this helps, good luck, and let us know what you find.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted September 26, 2020 Supporting Member Share Posted September 26, 2020 23 minutes ago, scjaws said: Haven't ridden in some time. (it's been too hot, yes I live in AZ.) Went out to start Red yesterday, and she was dead. Nothing when I turned the key on. Pulled the seats and the battery was putting out 2.48 volts. Fortunately I had a spare battery so I put it in. No joy. The batt was putting ou8t 12.62 volt6s but I stilll had nothing Yes. the 50A fuse is good. I have torn the bike down to almost parade rest looking for broken wires, no joy. SUGGESTI0NS ? If the bike worked fine before the battery went flat then you aren't going to suddenly have broken wires from letting the bike sit. In addition, if it worked fine before the battery died and the ONLY thing you did was put in a new battery, then it sounds like you have a blown fuse. By ANY chance did you put the battery in backward? since the battery lays on its side, its easy to reverse the polarity if you don't look closely at the markings on the battery terminals, it has happened many times on this forum and the FZ/MT forum. If that is the case then there are 2 potential fuses that can blow, one is a 50amp and the other is a 7.5amp if I recall correctly. 2 ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gofaster Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Did u check your kill switch? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member fddriver2 Posted September 26, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted September 26, 2020 2 hours ago, betoney said: If the bike worked fine before the battery went flat then you aren't going to suddenly have broken wires from letting the bike sit. In addition, if it worked fine before the battery died and the ONLY thing you did was put in a new battery, then it sounds like you have a blown fuse. By ANY chance did you put the battery in backward? since the battery lays on its side, its easy to reverse the polarity if you don't look closely at the markings on the battery terminals, it has happened many times on this forum and the FZ/MT forum. If that is the case then there are 2 potential fuses that can blow, one is a 50amp and the other is a 7.5amp if I recall correctly. ^^^^^^^ This All day long "It doesn't matter who walks in, you know the joke is still the same" Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member scjaws Posted September 26, 2020 Author Supporting Member Share Posted September 26, 2020 My stupid. Battery is in correctly, but the bike connection was left off. Hooked up the horn and the SAE conns but left the bike conn sitting out of sight. I found it when I went out to check polarity. Thanks for all the help. 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 At least it was a simple fix ! Red 2015 Tracer, UK spec (well, it was until I started messing with it...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member knyte Posted September 26, 2020 Supporting Member Share Posted September 26, 2020 Glad to hear you're on the road again 2015 FJ-09 / FJR touring bags / oil plug mod / Evotech rad guard / SW Motech bash plate / VStream touring windshield / Seat Concepts: Sport Touring / Vcyclenut ABS rings (speedo correction) / Cosmo RAM mount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTO MIKE Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 OMG sometimes its the simplest things. MIKE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member scjaws Posted September 27, 2020 Author Supporting Member Share Posted September 27, 2020 Not quite on the road, but we are running, and discovered the culprit what drained the battery in the first place. I'll write about that in another post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koth442 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Glad it was sorted. I'm editing your title to indicate it's a resolved issue. 2 '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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