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Cesarpitbull78

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will start fine. But when I get back from a ride won’t start again. The battery is drained, I had the charging system checked and it’s fine. My local mechanic says it’s the ignition module and wants to charge me 3 hrs labor. Anyone else have this issue? Thanks in advance. Ride safe brothers!!


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mleach72

mleach72

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Cesarpitbull78 said:
will start fine. But when I get back from a ride won’t start again. The battery is drained, I had the charging system checked and it’s fine. My local mechanic says it’s the ignition module and wants to charge me 3 hrs labor. Anyone else have this issue? Thanks in advance. Ride safe brothers!!


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I'm not sure if that's your problem or not, but changing the ignition module is about a half hour job at most. You can do it yourself. I have a stock ignition module that was working when I removed it. I can send it to you. I'll PM you.
 
mleach72

mleach72

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@knothead, do you think it's possible that a bad ignition module would drain the battery? I'm not the strongest when it comes to electrical problems, but I'm not sure that would cause the problem he is having. If you think it's a possibility, then I'll be more than happy to send him that module.
 
knothead

knothead

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Naw i dont think its the module...battery has got me curious because a shorted cell will do this...sometimes you can load test them 10 times before it will show something....not saying that it is the battery but i would start there....if its not the battery then the bike has some other electrical issues that he has not stated or may not be aware about...like for instance a dim headlight with a hot battery then there is a short causing the light to be dim...so if its not the battery and charging system is doing it job and he can see 14 volts at the battery whiles its running then there is a short somewhere draining the system...just cant see the module doing that...

Another thing it doesnt take 3 hours to change a module...hell i can strip a bike totally down to the frame in 4 hours i know that for a fact...and you are correct 30 mins is enough time to change the module so that being said 1 hour shop labor at most
 
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Steven Proctor

Steven Proctor

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I agree. I would defiantly start with thoroughly checking the battery first. Also changing the ignition module is not hard at all. If you just go slow, starting with getting all your tools together it might take an hour to fully replace it and put everything away. Even if you have never done it. I am pretty amateurish at working on the bike and I have removed and reinstalled when I was hunting down a short after I got my bike. Turned out it was a short in license plate light wiring. You can do it. Plenty of folks on here can walk you through it if you need more help. Ton of knowledge and helpful folks here. Helped me out many times.
 
Rottweiler

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I agree. If the bike runs fine just low battery after riding. Don't think it would be the ignition is shorted and draining the battery. If so you would think bike wouldn't run well or at all. Did you verify the breaker between the regulator and battery is not open. Get a good meter check for grounds. Probably a rubbed through wire somewhere.
 
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Cesarpitbull78

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mleach72 said:
I'm not sure if that's your problem or not, but changing the ignition module is about a half hour job at most. You can do it yourself. I have a stock ignition module that was working when I removed it. I can send it to you. I'll PM you.
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Hey brother. Do you still have that ignition module?


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