Bike 1994 R1100RS
The bike had set for week or ten days on job site in covered trailer, went to job site unloaded bike and moved it out of the way rode made a short circle and parked bike in shade did not notice if abs reset. Worked 4 or 5 hours than took of in light rain for the 167 mile ride home trying to stay ahead of severe weather. When I left the abs thing did not reset so went a couple blocks to first stop sign shut off bike restarted no reset, rode about 60 miles at a spirited pace got to interstate went a few miles to rest area stopped drank so tea took of for the last 100 miles to home moving a bit faster than traffic and trying to stay ahead of storms averaged about 95 mph for next 80 miles last 20 or 30 on two lane highway not a lot slower. Parked in garage put charger on bike using power port on starter cover. I had problems getting battery tender to charge switched chargers play with cord batter charged up had green light started bike rode to end of driveway and back abs reset as it should all seemed well. Rode to job site and back next day and bs would never reset tested battery voltage at power port using suspect adapter plug voltage 12.8 to 13.3 put charger on over night next day left to help friend harvest corn ( abs no reset ) stopped about 30 miles down road for gas try to restart bike the dreaded click, click. Pushed bike over to shady spot try to jump bike or call for help took plastic cover off starter to use plus cable that runs from battery to starter hooked up jump box using best ground I could and nothing called for help while that was coming removed some Tupperware and the air box intake tube and removed battery tried jump directly on battery cables nothing ( red light came on on jump box that I had not seen before. Put jump box on battery and let it charge ( still waiting for wife had decided I would drive with her to dealer and get new battery only $130).
While still waiting took battery off jump box attached plus cable when I touched neg cable to terminal sparks flew jiggled cables some thinking plus cable was shorting against battery box tried again still dead short, wife came hauled me and parts I had removed home where I got the truck and some help retrieved the bike.
Put the pc680 on charger and it charged right up in a hour or so.
My attempts at diagnosis checked plus cable from battery end to harness no visible shorts, put charged battery in attached plus cable tested voltage across battery terminals 13 something tested voltage from neg cable to battery ( key off) same 13 something voltage no fuses blown so tried testing unfused circuits pulling relays 3,4,8 made no difference still have dead short .
So what should next step be?
The bike had set for week or ten days on job site in covered trailer, went to job site unloaded bike and moved it out of the way rode made a short circle and parked bike in shade did not notice if abs reset. Worked 4 or 5 hours than took of in light rain for the 167 mile ride home trying to stay ahead of severe weather. When I left the abs thing did not reset so went a couple blocks to first stop sign shut off bike restarted no reset, rode about 60 miles at a spirited pace got to interstate went a few miles to rest area stopped drank so tea took of for the last 100 miles to home moving a bit faster than traffic and trying to stay ahead of storms averaged about 95 mph for next 80 miles last 20 or 30 on two lane highway not a lot slower. Parked in garage put charger on bike using power port on starter cover. I had problems getting battery tender to charge switched chargers play with cord batter charged up had green light started bike rode to end of driveway and back abs reset as it should all seemed well. Rode to job site and back next day and bs would never reset tested battery voltage at power port using suspect adapter plug voltage 12.8 to 13.3 put charger on over night next day left to help friend harvest corn ( abs no reset ) stopped about 30 miles down road for gas try to restart bike the dreaded click, click. Pushed bike over to shady spot try to jump bike or call for help took plastic cover off starter to use plus cable that runs from battery to starter hooked up jump box using best ground I could and nothing called for help while that was coming removed some Tupperware and the air box intake tube and removed battery tried jump directly on battery cables nothing ( red light came on on jump box that I had not seen before. Put jump box on battery and let it charge ( still waiting for wife had decided I would drive with her to dealer and get new battery only $130).
While still waiting took battery off jump box attached plus cable when I touched neg cable to terminal sparks flew jiggled cables some thinking plus cable was shorting against battery box tried again still dead short, wife came hauled me and parts I had removed home where I got the truck and some help retrieved the bike.
Put the pc680 on charger and it charged right up in a hour or so.
My attempts at diagnosis checked plus cable from battery end to harness no visible shorts, put charged battery in attached plus cable tested voltage across battery terminals 13 something tested voltage from neg cable to battery ( key off) same 13 something voltage no fuses blown so tried testing unfused circuits pulling relays 3,4,8 made no difference still have dead short .
So what should next step be?