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I haven't pulled it apart yet, been too damn cold but my Cross won't start. Did the oddest thing.. turned over the key and it started doing this flickering.. I believe even before I hit the key. The voltmeter shows 12v when it's 'on' so I didn't think it was the battery. First thing that occurred to me was that the ckt brkr was bad. Anyone else had this issue?
 

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A volt meter showing 12 v says NOTHING about the state of the battery. A totally failed battery can still show 12 v. Remove the battery from the bike, fully charge it, take it to any chain auto parts store, and have them conduct a 100 amp load test. This will tell you (for free) if the battery is good or bad.
 

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+1 on the voltmeter. While its nice to know voltage, what a starter and system need is AMPS. It may have 12V but if it has butkiss for amp to drive anything, your dead city. And I can tell you from experience, these CAN Bus bike are very particular about voltage for the systems. Hold old is the battery? I'm with Vinish. Pick a good day and go get it tested, that way you'll have plenty of time to order one before it thaws.
 

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Agree, 12 volt on the gauge means nothing. I would bet money you have a bad battery based on your stated symptoms.
 
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Mine shows over 14v when running. Check ground and battery connection
 
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Concour with the rest about a bad battery showing a surface charge of 12V with nothing (amps) behind it possibly being bad. Quick check, when you hit the starter does the onboard volt Guage drop more then 6 volts?

First step, if you have a battery charger/maintainer, plug it in overnight. Anybody trying to test it will want it fully charged to start with anyway, so a good start. Some of the better battery tenders/maintainer can if tell you right then there is a problem with the battery.

Now with a hopefully charged battery, put a multi meter on your battery terminals and try cranking it, does it drop more then 6volts? If it does, it's most likely done.

While doing all this, strongly recommend checking all cable connections for corrosion, insuring they are clean and tightly connected. Deasn't take much of either to create a high amp load that can damage or prematurely wear out charging and starting components.

If the Battery deasn't test bad above, next quick check I recommend is check the square plastic covered box thermal fuse on the left side of the battery box. See if you have current passing through it. If someone has replaced it with non water resistant metal one, good chance of internal corrosion. Like me, many people thought the plastic one was junk and replaced them, but I was later told by a automotive electronics diagnostic expert, that the plastic one is actually better sealed, designed for less corrosion and much better for marine and powersports applications. I replaced mine back to more expensive plastic version since i ride in the rain too often, but in a rush the metal version can get you back on the road and can be found at most auto parts stores. The plastic sealed version at Marine boat shops or Amazon.

Not the battery or breaker? Next step is checking the starter and the first step with bike in NEUTRAL, I say again Neutral, is jumping the small connector on the starter that the ignition button wire connects to. If it starts then, you may have a damaged starter switch or wiring from it. If it deasn't start, possibly a bad starter. Search on the forums here for info on testing your starter.

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I had the same issue with my bike a couple of weeks ago. I did have a tender on it for the winter and all was good the last time I had started the bike. I went to start it again for this month and had the same issue as you are describing. I took the front end covers off to expose the battery and put a battery charger on it directly and trickled it to try and get it to start to no avail. After pulling the Battery I took it6 in to see if it would take a deep cycle chare and like stated by Vinish above the battery just went dead but still showing 12v on the bike. A new battery fixed the issue for me. I guess I should be happy I got 9 years from that battery.
 
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