Thinking MA-DEUCE doesn't like company

greenbarn · April 28, 2014, 10:25:59 AM

On the battery issue - with the electronic ignition, if there isn't enough voltage, there will be no spark. I made the mistake of leaving my key on last summer, and the battery went dead. Tried to push start myself - no go. Got 2 of the guys to push me, tried to start - no go. Then it occurred to me... No voltage --> no ignition --> no spark --> no start. It just sucks you have to pull the seat off (and saddlebag mounts of course, if you have them) to get to the battery. SO I put a charger connection on mine coming out of the left cover, to be able to hook up a charger if needed. Or a tender...

Drift1 · April 28, 2014, 10:21:00 AM

..... Now the world should be scared if there's more than one of us Pastor Dude

Quote from: pcarrell on April 28, 2014, 07:41:38 AM
I made the same mistake a little while ago. You know what they say......sick minds think alike!

pcarrell · April 28, 2014, 07:41:38 AM

I made the same mistake a little while ago. You know what they say......sick minds think alike!

Drift1 · April 28, 2014, 04:52:51 AM

Quote from: greenbarn on April 27, 2014, 22:01:43 PM
The power pack would work fine- the Drifters are all 12 volt. There haven't been any 6V stuff for a long time.

Duh .... what was I thinking guess we all have blonde moments here and there ......

greenbarn · April 27, 2014, 22:01:43 PM

The power pack would work fine- the Drifters are all 12 volt. There haven't been any 6V stuff for a long time.

Drift1 · April 27, 2014, 20:16:33 PM

I'm guessing a power pack can be used as LONG as it's for this size battery and not a 12v system . My guess it would fry something ?

CDNRatMan · April 27, 2014, 19:48:48 PM

ok questions were answered other then mine about the power pack......

pcarrell · April 27, 2014, 15:48:29 PM

Well that's good news!

Looks great and runs great.......can't ask for more!

Drift1 · April 27, 2014, 14:11:30 PM

Thank you Troll and thank you for your expertize once again

Troll · April 27, 2014, 14:07:55 PM

Nice...

Drift1 · April 27, 2014, 14:06:11 PM

MA-DEUCE is back in running condition

Ok so went out today and installed a new battery , added a dose of sea foam and my baby fired right up and purred light a mt lion ... LOL .... I took her on a short run about 15 miles to make sure all is well and she ran perfectly . I stopped off to take a few pictures at Jay's lake .

Drift1 · April 27, 2014, 08:23:42 AM

Quote from: pcarrell on April 27, 2014, 08:03:55 AM
In the meantime, there is a lonely 1500 in the other corner of the garage that could use a little wind across it's headlight...........just sayin'!

Pastor dude thankfully I have this other ride she's going out today to find her baby sister a new battery .... LOL

Troll · April 27, 2014, 08:16:43 AM

All's well that ends well...

pcarrell · April 27, 2014, 08:03:55 AM

In the meantime, there is a lonely 1500 in the other corner of the garage that could use a little wind across it's headlight...........just sayin'!

Drift1 · April 27, 2014, 07:07:51 AM

Ok so thanks to our forum guru , " Mr. Troll " I'm happy to say after jumping the bike this morning she fired right up I'll be off to see if indeed the local shops have a battery . If not I'll order one up .
I'm still going to run a fair amount of sea foam through the system to eliminate the possibility of being hummed up , just to be on the safe side .

I'm thinking my best bet would be to get MA-DEUCE in the shop so they can check the air/fuel ratio for me , as I don't have a clue on how to do so .

Thanks for all the comments and process of elimination guys its greatly appreciated , as always

CDNRatMan · April 26, 2014, 22:27:57 PM

Troll would a power pack work just as well as a none running car?

Drift1 · April 26, 2014, 21:34:07 PM

I do have cables Troll

Troll · April 26, 2014, 21:07:09 PM

Sounds like a dead battery...could have opened an internal cell connector. Do you have a set of jumper cables you can connect to a NON running car?.

Drift1 · April 26, 2014, 20:49:40 PM

No dice Troll .... both terminals are nice and tight and when I turn the key to the on position I'm getting all my lights , hit the start button and just a constant clickkkkkkkk

Drift1 · April 26, 2014, 20:34:03 PM

I will check for that Troll . That would be a blessing if that 's all it is , for sure .

Troll · April 26, 2014, 20:14:05 PM

Clean and tighten all battery connections. When I first got my W-650, I had a strange problem that only would show up intermittently. Sometimes it was once a day, and sometimes is once every minute. The neg. battery terminal was just ever so slightly loose. You're riding along, and the engine would not exactly miss, but it felt more like the trans had hopped out of and then back into gear. That was about 15,000 miles ago when I first bought it....Clicking noises from heavy current demand devices usually mean a loose or dirty high capacity connection.

CDNRatMan · April 26, 2014, 20:11:27 PM

before buying a new battery get it checked and see if that is the issue.

Drift1 · April 26, 2014, 20:02:50 PM

It was cranking before Troll , but now it's just clicking away from the ignitor . I just came in from trying it again . It's weird because yesterday everything was fine . I'm hoping it's just a battery issue , but why did it just stall out while running ?

Troll · April 26, 2014, 19:31:24 PM

Quote from: Drift1 on April 26, 2014, 17:33:15 PM
That's the same plan I was thinking PC .

Things just got a little worse Just hooked up the charger and got one click , but now it's a faint tick noise . I think the IC box ( I think it's called ) have to look that up went caput .....

I double checked all the fuses along with the main fuse and there all good . Even replaced the main fuse to be on the safe side and nothing .

Does the engine crank?

Drift1 · April 26, 2014, 19:13:00 PM

No I don't , Ratman Tomorrow I'll see if I can find a battery local and start from there