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Old 09-14-2011, 10:44 PM
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Angry My 2002 883 is having issues please help!!

At first my bikewas just shutting off while riding. It would start fine but now wont even start. It just clicks ive tried cleaning the battery posts and checking all the wiring etc... they are clean. Could it be my stator that has gone bad and it keeps draining my battery and could it also be my starter im not too sure?
 
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Are you sure the battery is even fully charged? Hook it up to a tender (or a trickle charger, 2 amps) for a few hours. Hook it up and then go watch tv, have dinner, play video games or something. Don't keep trying to start the bike as you will just flood the engine and make it much harder to start.
 
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Old 09-15-2011, 12:10 AM
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^ try that. if you can, ride it to an auto parts store and they can check your voltage and see if your stator is working. Hopefully its just the battery tho.
 
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I charged the battery and now its siting at 12.82 which should be good. It started up and I took it around the block but as soon as I start to accelerate it just shuts down and goes back to not wanting to start at all and the battery is now dead again and the starter is making its loud audible clicking noise again.
 
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Originally Posted by Gremlons
I charged the battery and now its siting at 12.82 which should be good. It started up and I took it around the block but as soon as I start to accelerate it just shuts down and goes back to not wanting to start at all and the battery is now dead again and the starter is making its loud audible clicking noise again.
You need a load test done to the battery.
 
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Awesome guys I appreciate it. Once everything is fixed I will let you know whats going on with it. Thanks again...
 
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Originally Posted by Mike T
You need a load test done to the battery.
This. I'm pretty sure if you take the battery out of the bike and bring it to pep boys or somewhere similar, they can hook it up to a tester. If the battery can't hold a charge then replacing the stator won't do any good. If the battery is fine, start looking elsewhere.
 
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