HELP major hesitation and battery issues.
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HELP major hesitation and battery issues. - 5/12/2008 7:41:30 PM
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Acingteam
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Hey guys, I have tried to search... but couldn't find an answer. I just bought this bike ('99 F4) for a decent deal and now I'm having hesitation issues. The battery also seems to be close to shot. I use jumper cables, connecting them to the car and the other to the bike. Bike starts up right away and idles fine. After I take the cables off, the bike dies after about 5 minutes. Once it dies, it doesn't start up unless I hook it up to the car's battery again. I also started it up and tried riding it around (thinking it might charge the battery)... but as soon as I come to a stop, the bike dies. The bike also hesitates like crap, and some times doesn't even let me get higher than 7k rpms.
Could this all be because of a dead battery? Would a bike hesitate like that because it's not getting enough power from the battery or is this something else? I have cleaned carbs and the intake filter... what else should I check for?? Spark plugs, wires? If it's just a battery issue, that would save me a lot of hassle. Thanks for any help.
Igor
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RE: HELP major hesitation and battery issues. - 5/12/2008 7:46:12 PM
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mach9
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Everything you mentioned could be caused by a shot battery. Probably a good bet and a good place to start anyhow.
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RE: HELP major hesitation and battery issues. - 5/13/2008 12:32:18 PM
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Acingteam
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Anyone else? It's almost hard to believe that a dead battery would cause that much hesitation.
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RE: HELP major hesitation and battery issues. - 5/13/2008 3:33:38 PM
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mauthman
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sounds like a dead battery.. but first check the connections and terminals on the battery. Sometimes if there loose they will immediately kill the bike. It will die if it doesn't have a good voltage on the battery. IMO that is your cheapest thing to check! What does it sound like when you try and start it up?... have you trickle charged your bat?
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RE: HELP major hesitation and battery issues. - 5/13/2008 5:50:39 PM
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N8 Dawg
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sounds like the battery to me
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RE: HELP major hesitation and battery issues. - 5/13/2008 7:13:02 PM
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boostedA4and1fastCBR
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def. get a new battery
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RE: HELP major hesitation and battery issues. - 5/13/2008 9:34:03 PM
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Acingteam
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Thanks for all the help guys. I'm charging up the battery overnight. I will check it later tomorrow with a multimeter and see if that's really what's wrong. The connections and terminals are pretty good, I have checked that. When I try and start it up, it doesn't sound like anything. I only hear a loud "tick" from behind the battery, the bike doesn't even crank over but the gauges stay lit. The headlight dims pretty bad though... so I'm sure it's the battery... or a stator. I just wasn't sure if it could cause THAT much hesitation while riding... wow.
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