04-05-2015, 01:14 PM
(04-05-2015, 01:00 PM)Pterodactyl_imp Wrote: Didn't think you would have, but the old saying that the obvious is often the solution is a start in diagnostics.
When you hit the starter was the bike in gear with the side stand up? If so maybe a sticky, or dirty, side stand switch (intermittent).
Cheers
Exactly. I'm trolling for the obvious idea that I may have overlooked. I'm suspicious for two reasons. 1) This sealed battery seems to have failed much earlier than most of the cheapo lead/acid batteries I've had. 2) Once I got home, everything seemed perfectly normal.
I used my normal starting procedure. Bike in neutral, side stand up. Since the engine actually attempted to turn over, that would seem to rule out the side stand switch. The sweep of the gauges when the button was released would seem to indicate a lack of voltage while the button was depressed.