| Author | Message | ||
     Wolk625 |
something seems to be sucking my battery dry in about a week's time.. I suspect it could be a bad ground somewhere or (hopefully not) the voltage regulator. I wondered if any of you guys knew where I could find the grounding points on an x1? I'd like to avoid paying out for a new voltage regulator if I could but if I have to I suppose I will.. Ideas? | ||
| Buellistic |
The FIRST best advise statement to be be made is to get the FACTORY SERVICE MANUAL and PARTS BOOK for your YEAR/MODEL BUELL ... WHY the PARTS BOOK, well when you go to the HARLEY-DAVIDSON STEAKERSHIP BUELLSERVICE CENTER it keeps the PARTS PERSON from becoming confused if you have the correct part number/numbers ... Get your parts from www.AmericanSportBike.com and you get them just as quick and delivered to you residence ... If your OWNER'S MANUAL has a picture of the FUSE BLOCK you can take the negative battery terminal off ... PULL A FUSE AND STRAKE THE NEGATIVE CABLE AGAINST THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL ... When you find the right fuse circuit with no spark with the fuse pulled you have found the draining circuit and then you can start your trouble shooting ... "BUT" you still might have to wait until you get FACTORY SERVICE MANUAL for the WIRING DIAGRAM ??? YOU SHOULD KEEP YOUR BATTERY ON A TRICKLE CHARGER(BATTERY "PLUS")WHEN NOT RIDING WHICH YOU CAN USE TO TROUBLE SHOOT THE BATTERY ... If the GREEN LED takes for ever to glow solid which indicates the battery is at FLOAT, thinking about a new battery is a good idea ... | ||
| Skntpig |
If your battery is over a year old and not on a battery tender it could be the battery. Keep your new one on a tender and it will last about 3 times the life. | ||
| Jramsey |
Harness ground is at the left rear tank corner on the inner side of the frame tube. | ||
| Buellistic |
Wolk625: Be sure to let us know what you find, when you find it ??? | ||
| Littlebuggles |
I had a problem with corrosion in the plug for the voltage reg, under the cam cover, a few years back. It left me stranded at one point. There's a single wire bullet connector in front of the oil pump that's got a sort of weatherproofing cover on it. If you ever ride in foul weather that is a good idea to check, that weather proofing did a good job holding moisture in and helping the connector rust up on my bike. | ||
| Buellistic |
There are two important "PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE" things that everyone should do "ASAP" ... Make sure everything that plugs in have clean contacts and have electrical grease for moisture protection ... All your wiring should be TIE WRAPPED so your wiring is not doing the WIGGLE TEST while you ride ... | ||
| Ratbuell |
+1,000,000 on the battery tender. My 06 Ulysses still has the factory battery in it, and is still going strong. I think I replaced each of my tubers' batteries when I bought them (S1W in '06; S2 in '07; M2L in '08) and haven't touched any of them since other than plugging in the tender whenever I unplug the one I'm about to take out (if the one I want to take is plugged in, I unplug it and put the plug on one of the others till I ride it, then repeat the process). 5 Buells, 2 tenders, 5 good batteries. | ||
| Wolk625 |
yeah i've had it on a tender since i discovered it wasn't cranking. going to go through the manual's diagnostic flow chart as soon as i can get away from my studies: 17 credit hours of engineering classes = yuk. | ||
| Harleyelf |
Have you examined the wire that runs from the stator on the left, under the starter, and to the voltage regulator? It's near the exhaust so it can get brittle and crack. That'll give you a slow leak nine times out of nine. |
