Honda_Matt
04-06-2008, 11:09 AM
My buddy was riding his 440ex yesterday, he shut it down on the trail for a minute, and when he got back on, he turned the key, had no indicator lights, the bike wouldnt even turn over, it's pretty much like it had no battery connected.
So after wiggling connections, and looking around for broken wires etc.. We found nothing.
We hooked it up to my 450, and were going to pull it home, but he dropped it in gear and it fired up (pull started it)
Now, the lights were on, but flickering and not constant
We rode it home, nearby and he shut it off, and same problem
The battery is pretty shot on this thing, it needs a charge every couple times you start it and he knows, but hasnt gotten around to replacing it yet.
Could it just be the battery is bad? I think if that was the case the lights would still come on and at least try to turn over.
Im thinking it's a broken connection somewhere cuz we were jumping in some trails, and then he shut it off...
Another guy says he had a similar problem and he thinks it was his Reg/rectifier.. Doesnt sound right to me.
Any idea's?
So after wiggling connections, and looking around for broken wires etc.. We found nothing.
We hooked it up to my 450, and were going to pull it home, but he dropped it in gear and it fired up (pull started it)
Now, the lights were on, but flickering and not constant
We rode it home, nearby and he shut it off, and same problem
The battery is pretty shot on this thing, it needs a charge every couple times you start it and he knows, but hasnt gotten around to replacing it yet.
Could it just be the battery is bad? I think if that was the case the lights would still come on and at least try to turn over.
Im thinking it's a broken connection somewhere cuz we were jumping in some trails, and then he shut it off...
Another guy says he had a similar problem and he thinks it was his Reg/rectifier.. Doesnt sound right to me.
Any idea's?