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Author Message   Roysbuell Posted on Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 02:00 pm:        My 09 xb12scg sat for a few weeks w/o starting it so it wasn't a surprise when it took a second to start but after a long ride it hesitated to start again. I think its a bad ground. Where do I look?   Xb9er Posted on Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 04:06 pm:        I know there is a ground on the left or right seat rail under your seat.   Sparky Posted on Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 04:16 pm:        If you have a DC voltmeter, try checking if the bike's charging by putting the meter leads across the battery terminals and revving about 2500 rpms. If the volts rise to around 14 VDC, the charging system is likely OK. If you only get around 12 VDC and not rising much beyond that, there could be a parasitic drain somewhere or a bad battery or a defect in the charging system. If this is the case then more troubleshooting is needed. If you just want to look for bad grounds, check the condition of the negative battery cable and its ends where it's connected/bolted. Should be shiny metal at those contact points. There's also a short braided ground cable under the airbox floor that makes a ground connection from the engine to the frame. The VR needs a clean ground connection where it's bolted, I believe. It also needs a good connection at the "77" connector from the stator to the VR; this means no melted or charred contacts or insulation there.   Ronin1 Posted on Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 05:13 pm:        I had to re-crimp the ground and positive battery cables on my 09 12. The ground pulled out of the terminal by hand! Jim   Vospertw Posted on Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 12:27 am:        Very first place to check is the negative terminal of the battery. If that is loose at all, it can keep enough juice from flowing to initiate a start.   Roysbuell Posted on Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:12 am:        Thanks for all the suggestions I'm getting a DC voltmeter today to begin the search. It starts and all but I don't want to be 100 miles from home and have a problem.   Firebolt32 Posted on Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:56 am:        May sound dumb, but check the battery connections. This same type of thing happened to me. My bike was running and I leaned on the seat waiting on my brother. The bike died. It wouldn't start back up. I sat on it and tried again. It started, I got off and it died. I pulled the seat and the ground to the battery was loose.   Roysbuell Posted on Monday, March 15, 2010 - 01:10 pm:        Nothing that could lead to a solution is dumb, thanks.

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