heems
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Hi everyone. My dog has been pretty much idle in the garage for the last year or so. The entire time I have had it on trickle charger. The battery was replaced about 3 - 4 years ago. I do try to start it up and let it warm up for about 10 minutes every 1-2 months. When I tried to do so the last couple of times and pressed start the bike didn't immediately rumble to life. I had to do the off/run/start sequence a couple of times, or press the start button a little longer. Now it has gotten to the point that it pretty much does not crank at all. I think I got it to start maybe once after trying about a dozen times.
Some details: the head light comes on fine. Both turn signals work fine. Hazards work fine when I press both turn signals The tach sweeps fine and shows N/green lit up. The brights work fine. Horn works fine. Other than that I don't hear any mechanical clanks or sounds. I put a volt meter on the battery while disconnected and it shows 12.78V. On the right side of the battery there is a yellow "box" (ECU?) with various LEDs on it. None of the lights are on.
Any advice on what to do next? Any way to try to isolate the problem? Do I need a new battery? Are any of the electronics bad perhaps? Would like to do some intelligent elimination of possibilities before running off and buy parts ideally.
Thanks for your help.
Some details: the head light comes on fine. Both turn signals work fine. Hazards work fine when I press both turn signals The tach sweeps fine and shows N/green lit up. The brights work fine. Horn works fine. Other than that I don't hear any mechanical clanks or sounds. I put a volt meter on the battery while disconnected and it shows 12.78V. On the right side of the battery there is a yellow "box" (ECU?) with various LEDs on it. None of the lights are on.
Any advice on what to do next? Any way to try to isolate the problem? Do I need a new battery? Are any of the electronics bad perhaps? Would like to do some intelligent elimination of possibilities before running off and buy parts ideally.
Thanks for your help.