Last night while out cruisin on a great night for riding i ran into some issues. I hit some traffic because of an accident after riding about forty miles. In traffic i look down and see this god awful, bright red light on. Yes, the engine light was on. No clue why. Bike was still running and sounded fine. So i didn't pull over because i was almost past the accident. My first thought was that the bike was getting too hot from just sitting there but i now know that was not the problem. Anyway, the light is still glaring at me but now i'm back up to speed hoping the wind would cool it down and the light would shut off. Yeah right. So i started getting nervous because i still had 20 miles to get home. Now im doing about 85, i figured if it shut off im gonna roll as far as possible and i promise you it shut off on me going around 85mph. The problem was that it was spittin and sputterin before it shut off. Yes there is gas in it. The speedometer flipped all the way around while i was riding and the mileage disappeared. I get it pulled over 4 miles from home, glad i got that close, and noticed my lights seemed to be half dimmed lime the battery was dead.
Would a dead battery shut your bike off on the highway? Seemed odd to me. It tries to turn over then the starter starts clicking just like a car with a dead battery. My first guess seemed like something may have shorted but im hoping that all i need is a new battery. Any input would be grateful. I'm putting a battery tender on it now.
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Would a dead battery shut your bike off on the highway? Seemed odd to me. It tries to turn over then the starter starts clicking just like a car with a dead battery. My first guess seemed like something may have shorted but im hoping that all i need is a new battery. Any input would be grateful. I'm putting a battery tender on it now.
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