I've been stranded with a dead battery before. Bike was running fine for about an hour, pulled into a gas station, filled up, turned the key and pushed the button and bleh. Tried again, bleh. Then I tried push starting it, in the parking lot of the crowded gas station, and nothing. So I turned around and pushed it the other direction, popped the clutch, and it caught! Stumbled for 2-3 seconds, then blah. I tried a few more times after that but nothing. Now, it doesn't matter how awesome your bike looks, *nobody* looks cool pushing their bike back and forth across a busy parking lot trying to start it. I pushed it off to the side, pulled the battery out, found it a little low in a couple cells so I bought some water and filled it up, then asked somebody for a jump. I had to let it charge for a few minutes before it would run on its own, then I disconnected the jumpers, pushed the battery back in, and rode the 100 miles back home trying to keep the revs up and avoiding stops. If the battery is completely flat it won't have enough juice to run the CDI apparently.
-Kyle On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some bikes won't run on a weak or dead battery. I had a 1985 Suzuki > GS550L, the four cylinder model with two carbs in one (two carbs on the > bike but really four), a very quick and nice riding bike. I couldn't keep > that bike running. The plugs kept fouling - until I replaced the battery. > That solved the problem. > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 9:39 AM jrhoyt0895 <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I don't know about your motorcycle, but my 2003 Nighthawk 750 is very >> easy to push-start. I don't understand how a dead battery could leave a >> motorcyclist stranded, especially on a bike as small as a 750. >> >> >> On Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 12:17:34 PM UTC-5, Kyle Munz wrote: >> >> Battery's are one of those things that can leave you stranded in the >> middle of nowhere, so I try not to go too cheap on them. No matter the >> brand though, I try to find an AGM battery these days. >> >> >> >> -Kyle >> >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 11:00 AM, mark weisenfeld <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Are there any compelling reasons to NOT get one of their cheap batteries? >> I know you get what you pay for, but maybe that's all I need for a little >> while. >> >> Better yet, what is a compelling alternative? >> This is not for the Night Hawk. It's for my wife's bike that will >> actually charge at lower RPM. It has reached a ripe old age and has died a >> normal death. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
