|
09-08-2013, 08:16 PM | #1 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: missouri
Posts: 4
|
Totally Weird Electrical Problem
Hello all, Im new here and Im hoping somebody might have some insight to my very perplexing electrical problem.
I have a 2008 gz and I bought it about a year and a half ago with less than a thousand miles on it. It looked and rode like it was brand new. I had to leave town for work and it has been parked for almost a year. Yesterday I pulled it out and surprise surprise it did not start, no lights no horn no power. I figured hey easy fix lets give it a jump. Hooked it up to a car battery and after cranking out all the cobwebs it started right up, however when I took off and gave it some throttle it started to bog down badly and did not get any better. It would idle fine but when I gave it gas it sounded like it was skipping, bogging down, or like it was not getting enough gas, or like there was a timing issue if there is such a thing on the gz. After I turned off the bike and tried to start it again it was completely dead. Started it again with a jump and still had same problem. Decided to put the battery on a trickle charger overnight. 24 hours later charger said the battery was charged and I checked it with a volt meter and said it had 13volts. Turned the key praying for a green neutral light but got nothing, totally dead, but how can this be when my meter said it had 13v? Jumped it again and it started with no problem. I noticed that the lights would get dimmer when I gave it a little gas which I thought was weird. Tried riding it again with same problem. Took a meter reading while it was idling and it said 11v and when i took a reading with a little throttle it went down to 6v. Turned it off got reading of 12v but acted as if it was deader than a doornail. Now this is really weird.... I decided to take a meter reading after turning the key on. Meter read 0 volts! turned the key off 12 volts. WTF? I am far from knowledgeable about motorbikes and a friend of mine said he had a similar problem although it was a truck. He said it was an alternator issue, the alternator was draining the battery. Do these even have alternators? I assume they've got to have some sort of electrical charging system but as I said I am pretty clueless when it comes to this kind of stuff. BTW I have cleaned and tightened the terminals, looked for any loose wiring connections but everything seems to be alright Any help, insight, suggestions would be GREATLY APPRECIATED! Thanks in advance. Login or Register to Remove Ads |
|
|
|