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Electrical issue
Written by thfwsf on 8/14/2002 at 06:59 pm

Dave,

I see you've already received some very good responses.

The only thing I would add is if you think it's your battery, take it
into a local automotive parts dealer (like Autozone), they will
usually test your battery for free. This way you won't sacrifice an
innocent battery.

Tom Fraser
Manassas, VA
'89 PC800 "Singer"
iPCRC #1001

--- In ipcrc@y..., "dmc42421" <dmc42421@y...> wrote:
> Have my '90 PC800 for three weeks. One problem has surfaced. I am
> riding along and bike starts sputtering and coughing. I did not
> recoginze this as electrical issue at the time (I do now remember
the
> tach going wacky, though). Anyway, I nursed it back to smooth
> running by throttling it back and forth lightly. I thought "bad
gas"
> or something similar.
> A week later, the same thing happened on the highway except the
> electrical system went dead. I opened the trunk and got something
> out. When the trunk snapped closed the electrical came up again. I
> got it home but was unable to duplicate the problem, except that
one
> time it wouldn't start even with the electrical looking in order. I
> pressed the starter and the electrical went totally dead only to
come
> alive again after .
> Two nights ago, I left the key in and the light on and the battery
> was dead. I "recharged" the battery but could get only solenoid
click.
> Jump starting got it going right away and it worked OK for a 12
mile
> test. Upon return, and turning the engine off, electrical stayed
> dead - not weak - dead.
> Any usual suspects to be investigated before taking to a dealer? If
> not simply a bad battery, I was thinking "on-off switch" or "side
> stand switch off" switch as possibly being intermittent.
>
> If you read this, thanks for your patience.
> Dave McC
> Belleville WI

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