izhe4rael Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Last night I finally got a new battery, gave the bike a quick cleaning and was off to Wings & Rings. I ride at total of about 15 miles on the highway when I noticed my speedometer blinking at me. Then every thing that can blink at me started doing the same thing. The check engine light, oil light and even the rpm needle is jumping up and down like the bike is dying.I didn't notice any lose of actual power, I was still running at about 70 mph, until I pull off at the next exit to see what was going on. As soon as I pull over to the berm and got down under 5 mph the whole thing died. I'm really nervous now because I know how much it cost to get a bike towed but less than a minute later the bike fires up again. I head for home right away and the dash never started blinking again but I wasn't riding as hard either. I let the bike sit overnight and fire it up first thing this morning no problem.Anyone have any idea why the dash would blink like it was dying and/or why the bike would die once I slowed down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 R/R is goingMy VFR did the same thing when it fried. My dash lit up like a christmas tree for a minute then went completely dark and was fine the rest of the night. Next day did 50 miles and same thing happened excpet this time the whole bike died about 2 mins later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 That's a tough one. I would start by checking/cleaning all grounds.Make sure the battery connections are tight, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykill Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Make sure the battery connections are tight, etc.This first. I didnt tighten mine enough and had something similar happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ault Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 borrow a multimeter of a friend unless you have one and test main ignition wires and cables for malfunctions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2talltim Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 didnt Beegreenstrings have the same thing happen to his super chicken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawlins87 Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Check your grounds first. Could be regulator/rectifier like previously posted..or could be stator as worst case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izhe4rael Posted May 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Thanks for the suggestions. I'll let yall know what I find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mello dude Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 R/R is goingthis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izhe4rael Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 End result: Battery connection not tight. I stripped a screw on the way in and while it appeared to be tight it wasn't. I'm hoping that is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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