Briefly Lost Electrical While Riding

[1olbull]

I had a similar problem with the Harley. Replaced the ground and hot wires to battery and problem disappeared. Hot wire was corroded slightly. Went back in with slightly larger size on both.

Thanks for the input.
I have went through and doubled my positive and negative cables and the sudden electrical shut-down has happened once since then.

 

[rocketjohn]

I think that Triumph and others NOT using copper or lead battery connectors has something to do with this problem. You just can't cinch a chromed connector well enough to the soft lead battery connection. Oh, well....wait.....star washers....they will make anything work! Give them a try.

 

[sonny]

Thanks for the input.
I have went through and doubled my positive and negative cables and the sudden electrical shut-down has happened once since then.

I wonder what color the gremlin is ?

 

[Hubguru]

Thanks for the feedback Gentleman.

I gave my battery terminals a check and they were about as tight as they could be so that wasn't the issue. Brand new battery and terminals all clean. Theirs a lot going on with the electrical connections on any modern production motorcycle, I wouldn't think this is uncommon on a hi mileage sled but a brand new cycle 120 miles out the gate is a bit concerning.

I suspect a computer management operational sequencing sensory readings detecting some anomaly triggering a false positive self protection routine and forcing power interruption. But that's just a guess without having a full electrical schematic and the computer source code to investigate. So checking the battery terminals is all I can do at this point.

The search for a gremlin continues. I do like a good mystery.

JR

 

[TURBO200R4]

electrical problems is very hard to find while working good but when they quit then it is usually easy provided it quits in a place u can work on it w/o getting run over.
volt meter.
battery pos to bat neg/ bat pos to neg connector / neg bat to pos connector / pos to eng
starter pos to eng.
u can also go from bat neg to all the fuses with the pos lead to check those fuse circuits.
just doing this will tell u or eliminate the problem.
the time to check is when it is not working.

 

[EasTexRIII]

Welcome to the forum Hubguru - Always good to see more Texans aboard - Hope you get it sorted out - I did the double battery cable upgrade with copper ends & haven't had that happen since, but you shouldn't have to do that with a new motor

 

[alexwasserman]

I had that happen to me ('08 Touring though), and it was the main wiring harness connector with the ignition under the tank. One of the pins wasn't connecting properly and was burning out. In the end I just soldered them all together. Pull the socket apart, check the pins. You'll see if any are melted or burnt pretty easily.

 

[happyhenry]

check your main fuse, I think its 30 amp.pull it out and look for heat damage.mine roasted ,stopped working all together.replased the fuse holder and fuse and all electric gremlins died.i think they are green.but there dead now .o I also updated the ground wire,and added a relay for the starter and 1 for my headlights.intermitant power issues suck,because they are hard to replicate

 

[scot in exile]

What ever you do just get it done we are talking about a very serious safety issue here, as said it does seem to point to the battery terminals clean the posts and all connectors apply some battery grease and keep your fingers crossed.

 

[mully95]

Yeah check the 30 amp fuse connections in the fuse box. The connectors that was supposed to be attached to the fuse was pushing out the bottom of the fuse box. The tabs that hold them in place was shot. Had the same problems as you described. I bypassed the box using a inline fuse holder... soldered and heat shrinked. This might be the problem.