Check your electrical plugs !!!.

BigFatAl · 04-07-2020, 10:21 PM

My son rode my new DLX to the doctors office today and when he came out the bike wouldn’t start with the starter(
Low battery).He then got it started via the kick starter but the bike died about a mile later with no lights,horn etc.
I went and picked him and the bike up,got home and put it on the lift in my shop.I tested the battery and it was 11.9 volts,I started looking for a main fuse and as I was moving wires around the big plug in the black rubber cover by the negative side of the battery just feel out !! as did another plug coming off the negative side of the battery.
I put them back together,made sure they CLICKED together and everything came back on!....
So as part of your “ checking everything “ when you get your new bike
CHECK ALL THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS.👍👍👍

Megadan · 04-07-2020, 10:27 PM

Thats one of several reasons I tell people to go over the electrics during assembly. Prevents a lot of headaches later on.

Red Hawk · 04-07-2020, 10:51 PM

On those long winter nights through boredom I shortened and reterminaled the whole loom. There were a few bad crimps found. Every single plug connection and switch contact got dielectric grease to keep the water out. Point is you get as good a bike as you put into it.

Kenstogie · 04-09-2020, 01:44 PM

i had negative ground issues with my tbr7 and the stock battery is not that good so replaced that too....

but as redhawk said its as good a bike as you put into it..... its been great fun for me..

BigFatAl · 04-10-2020, 10:47 PM

Now I have a check engine light on,came on within minutes of plugging the plugs back in....

04-07-2020, 10:21 PM	#1
BigFatAl Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 112	Check your electrical plugs !!!. My son rode my new DLX to the doctors office today and when he came out the bike wouldn’t start with the starter( Low battery).He then got it started via the kick starter but the bike died about a mile later with no lights,horn etc. I went and picked him and the bike up,got home and put it on the lift in my shop.I tested the battery and it was 11.9 volts,I started looking for a main fuse and as I was moving wires around the big plug in the black rubber cover by the negative side of the battery just feel out !! as did another plug coming off the negative side of the battery. I put them back together,made sure they CLICKED together and everything came back on!.... So as part of your “ checking everything “ when you get your new bike CHECK ALL THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS.👍👍👍
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04-07-2020, 10:27 PM	#2
Megadan Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 8,016	Thats one of several reasons I tell people to go over the electrics during assembly. Prevents a lot of headaches later on. __________________ Hawk Information and Resource guide: http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=20331 2018 Hawk 250 - Full Mod list here. http://www.chinariders.net/showpost....62&postcount=1 2024 Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 https://chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=34124
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04-07-2020, 10:51 PM	#3
Red Hawk Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: NEPA Posts: 273	On those long winter nights through boredom I shortened and reterminaled the whole loom. There were a few bad crimps found. Every single plug connection and switch contact got dielectric grease to keep the water out. Point is you get as good a bike as you put into it. __________________ 2018 Hawk P&P Decked .040 off the head. 17/43 D.I.D. 428, NGK Iridium plug, DeCat, Wrapped pipe, Custom S.S. Muffler core, Nibbi PE30 115/35, L.E.D. Lights, Digital Cluster, USB port, Cutting Bord skid plate, Oil cooler w/ custom CRF oil filter inline, 5Wt fork oil, Rear Shock, CNC Back Rack, 30mm FAT bars, Bark Busters, ProGrips, Adjustable levers, Shinko 700’s lots of Loctite!
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04-09-2020, 01:44 PM	#4
Kenstogie Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 336	i had negative ground issues with my tbr7 and the stock battery is not that good so replaced that too.... but as redhawk said its as good a bike as you put into it..... its been great fun for me.. __________________ been around bikes for a while.... honda 72 cb200t, zuki 96?/2002 katana, 12 vstrom,09 vstar, kawi ltd440, 82 zuki Gs1100, Tao Tbr7 all about the Tao MotorsTBR7 http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=25553
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04-10-2020, 10:47 PM	#5
BigFatAl Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 112	Now I have a check engine light on,came on within minutes of plugging the plugs back in....
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