Bad battery or what else could it be?

Old N' Grumpy

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Rocket hasn't been started for about a month and wasn't on a tender. Went to start and well you know what happened. Put it on my tender overnight and in the am the light was green. I went to start it and all I got was the headlights to come on...no gauges...and obviously no start. Would the bike act like that if the battery is bad?
 
Do you have a battery load tester or volt meter
 
Yes you could take it to a auto parts store. If you could borrow a volt meter you could check it before trying to start and after and that would tell you what you needed to know.
 
When you say headlights are on - are they BRIGHT - FULL intensity?
If not, your battery may have been so severely discharged, it would not take a full charge
You can't always go by the light on a battery tender - you can build a 'float' charge but it won't be at full capacity and when it gets a serious current demand it just collapses.

However if lights ARE full bright, then there is another problem
What are last 6 digits of your VIN? (so I can identify the correct schematic for your bike)
 

Lights seem close to full if not full...definitely not dim. Vin info is 612415...thank you.
 
OK - there is no separate fuse for ignition system on your year;

I'll ask the obvious since everyone else too polite to - you DO have the Kill/Run switch on Run, right?

Assuming that is good, check Fuse 6 - since you don't have meter, pull it out & inspect it carefully.
 
DEcosse said:
OK - there is no separate fuse for ignition system on your year;

I'll ask the obvious since everyone else too polite to - you DO have the Kill/Run switch on Run, right?
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Well I had the control module apart yesterday to put on new grips and must have knocked it to the off position as its always on so I assumed and didn't look for the obvious...I am sooooo effing embarrassed......I get the idiot of the week award. You, my friend are greatly appreciated!
 
Im not handing my Trophy over to you...............
 
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