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Brought my CB inside a few weeks ago to ride out hurricane Barry. Yesterday when I was brining it outside I could not get it to start.
The key works, all lights come on. The kill switch is off yet when I press the start button, the lights go off and come back on. Nothing happens?!?!?
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Are you sure the battery is good? Cause it sounds like a bad or discharged battery.
If you have a meter you can check this easily by metering the battery voltage as you press the starter switch and see what the voltage drops to.
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I don’t have a meter unfortunately, all my good tools got “lost” during my divorce lol. Didn’t think I’d have battery issues with the bike only being a little over a year old.
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Sounds an awful lot like a battery. Get a cheap voltage tester (I think you can get one free with coupon at Harbor Freight or get one there for a few bucks).
Exactly what mine did when the battery went.
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Bsavoy, Please don't think it can't be the battery. Every one of these threads with these symptoms starts with it can't be the battery, has to be something else. And after a boat load of posts, its the battery.
Do what Gone says. Buy a cheap tester or meter and test. Modern batteries can and do fail early. Usually with little or no warning. And you post indicates that when a heavy load (starter) is applied the voltage is dropping due to a bad or discharged battery. Or possibly loose or corroded connections at the battery. But its the battery.
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Batteries in hot climates often suffer from very short lives.
It sounds like a bad battery to me too.
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It’s a 2014 model, isn’t it? Wonder how old the battery actually is?
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I will take the battery out and go get a new one this weekend and we what happens.
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You could always "jump start" to eliminate the battery issue!
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