Member Contributer 5thGenJim Posted October 28, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted October 28, 2010 With the bright shiny orb in the sky and in consideration that I was already late for work this morning, I decided that today was a good day to ride. I hadn't been on the bike in weeks and was missing the solitude. Unfortunately, when I went to turn her on... I got nothing (happens more times than I care to count in other contexts - but I digest). Here's what I think happened - I left the Garmin Nuvi powercord pulled in to the outlet, thinking it was like my old Garmin GPS V powercord, only drawing power when the GPS was "on." And, since I pulled the Nuvi off the bike (leaving the cord still plugged in) to use the GPS in the car, I didn't give it a second thought. So, it dawns on me this morning, that the powercord also has an FM tuner/antenna connected to it. My guess is that the FM paraphernalia slowly bled the battery to death over the last few weeks. I dropped the BT on the bike this morning and hopefully, she'll be in shape to run tomorrow. Moral of the story: Unplug all your crap from the bike and attach the BT when the bike will likely sit for more than a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Rice Posted October 28, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted October 28, 2010 That's what push start is for, ya wimp :idea3: May also help in other contexts :laughing6-hehe: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Burns Posted October 28, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted October 28, 2010 AND he lives on a really big hill.. go figure. the REAL moral of the story is to ride the damn thing more. :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEBSPEED Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 the REAL moral of the story is to ride the damn thing more. :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer YoshiHNS Posted October 28, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted October 28, 2010 the REAL moral of the story is to ride the damn thing more. :biggrin: Just not on dirt roads. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer y2kvfr Posted October 28, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted October 28, 2010 Sounds like Jimmy needs a fuse box that is powered off of a relay.... Burns, can you show him the way? Maybe you can do grip heaters at the same time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer 5thGenJim Posted October 29, 2010 Author Member Contributer Share Posted October 29, 2010 AND he lives on a really big hill.. go figure. the REAL moral of the story is to ride the damn thing more. :biggrin: I kinda worried about it NOT starting at the bottom of the hill. When I said "I got nothing" I really mean, absolutely no light, no injectors, NOTHING. And, I'm not up for pushing it back up the hill again. So, let's say I do roll down Hemlock Dr (great hill for this sort of thing btw), drop it in second gear and let the clutch out? Or do I just go with first gear... I thought I read somewhere that for this, second gear is the way to go. AND, YES, I know I should ride th bike more (at least until I pull her apart to haul up to Sebs for paint this winter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer 5thGenJim Posted October 29, 2010 Author Member Contributer Share Posted October 29, 2010 Sounds like Jimmy needs a fuse box that is powered off of a relay.... Burns, can you show him the way? Maybe you can do grip heaters at the same time... This sounds like a good idea to me... The bike had heated grips at one point - a PO spliced into the harness up front. But all that was ripped out somewhere along the lines. There's still a switch on right side for it too (though, why put the switch on the RIGHT, I'm not sure). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Burns Posted October 29, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted October 29, 2010 Sounds like Jimmy needs a fuse box that is powered off of a relay.... Burns, can you show him the way? Maybe you can do grip heaters at the same time... This sounds like a good idea to me... The bike had heated grips at one point - a PO spliced into the harness up front. But all that was ripped out somewhere along the lines. There's still a switch on right side for it too (though, why put the switch on the RIGHT, I'm not sure). I'm sure the 'grips' and dirt roads comments were little zings on me :blush: ... but sure... easy enough to wire those up also, if you want to do a proper fuse block at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer YoshiHNS Posted October 29, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted October 29, 2010 So when is Mad Elf coming out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Burns Posted October 29, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted October 29, 2010 So when is Mad Elf coming out? according to my "supplier", within next couple weeks. I supposedly have 2 cases w/ my name on them. :beer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer YoshiHNS Posted October 29, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted October 29, 2010 So when is Mad Elf coming out? according to my "supplier", within next couple weeks. I supposedly have 2 cases w/ my name on them. :beer: Care to make that three? Might need an extra case. I hear these electrical thingamabob's take a while to get working on the bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Burns Posted October 29, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted October 29, 2010 So when is Mad Elf coming out? according to my "supplier", within next couple weeks. I supposedly have 2 cases w/ my name on them. :beer: Care to make that three? Might need an extra case. I hear these electrical thingamabob's take a while to get working on the bike. If we went through a case of that working on electronics... uh.. bad things would happen... but if need be, I have connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer 5thGenJim Posted November 1, 2010 Author Member Contributer Share Posted November 1, 2010 Yosh - the Elf is really good, but don't count on getting through a whole case of the stuff unless you have about 5 friends. Push-started the bike yesterday and went on a ride for a few hours. NIce to get out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer y2kvfr Posted November 1, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted November 1, 2010 Yosh - the Elf is really good, but don't count on getting through a whole case of the stuff unless you have about 5 friends. Push-started the bike yesterday and went on a ride for a few hours. NIce to get out. And who makes said Mad Elf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Burns Posted November 1, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted November 1, 2010 Troegs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer 5thGenJim Posted November 1, 2010 Author Member Contributer Share Posted November 1, 2010 Yosh - the Elf is really good, but don't count on getting through a whole case of the stuff unless you have about 5 friends. Push-started the bike yesterday and went on a ride for a few hours. NIce to get out. And who makes said Mad Elf? Well, ya see, Trav... when a mommy Elf and a Daddy Elf wrestle without their shirts on.... :goofy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer y2kvfr Posted November 1, 2010 Member Contributer Share Posted November 1, 2010 Yosh - the Elf is really good, but don't count on getting through a whole case of the stuff unless you have about 5 friends. Push-started the bike yesterday and went on a ride for a few hours. NIce to get out. And who makes said Mad Elf? Well, ya see, Trav... when a mommy Elf and a Daddy Elf wrestle without their shirts on.... :goofy: Har har har, how's that battery Jim? :computer-noworky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer 5thGenJim Posted November 1, 2010 Author Member Contributer Share Posted November 1, 2010 Yosh - the Elf is really good, but don't count on getting through a whole case of the stuff unless you have about 5 friends. Push-started the bike yesterday and went on a ride for a few hours. NIce to get out. And who makes said Mad Elf? Well, ya see, Trav... when a mommy Elf and a Daddy Elf wrestle without their shirts on.... :goofy: Har har har, how's that battery Jim? :computer-noworky: After 3 hours on the bike yesterday, it's doing pretty well, Trav... well enough to ride the 3 miles to the beer distributor to pick up some Mad Elf when it's available. :laughing6-hehe: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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