01-02-13, 09:46 AM
I second Padraig. I'd check your starter relay or maybe replace it as they are cheap enough. I'm only speculating, but it sounds to me if it's becoming stuck at times and not disengaging. So I reckon it keeps your starter motor disengaging.
That in turn would knacker your battery, I'd imagine. There is a savage draw in spinning the starter motor as you know. If you have a bike that didn't start due to carb problems or plug problems, the battery would spin the starting motor for only about 15-20 mins before it gets depleted. So imagine what it is doing to your battery having the starting motor spinning all the time. The reason it's not dying completly on you, is that the bike is actually going and is still charging the battery. But I suspect at a rate that is not keeping up with the output so the battery is running down and eventually will drain completly. I'd concentrate there before the "kill" switch and ignition.
As for "it was running fine all along".........sh!t have to happen at some stage. The bike is over 10 years old and things will start to go eventually.
Best of luck with it!
That in turn would knacker your battery, I'd imagine. There is a savage draw in spinning the starter motor as you know. If you have a bike that didn't start due to carb problems or plug problems, the battery would spin the starting motor for only about 15-20 mins before it gets depleted. So imagine what it is doing to your battery having the starting motor spinning all the time. The reason it's not dying completly on you, is that the bike is actually going and is still charging the battery. But I suspect at a rate that is not keeping up with the output so the battery is running down and eventually will drain completly. I'd concentrate there before the "kill" switch and ignition.
As for "it was running fine all along".........sh!t have to happen at some stage. The bike is over 10 years old and things will start to go eventually.
Best of luck with it!