Joined
·
100 Posts
Here's the scenario: Out riding, bike is fine for a 3 hour ride. Come home, park the bike. 5 minutes later go out to bike to start it again and it's completely dead, no tach movement, nothing. Pull the battery out and put it on a tender and it gives an error - and won't charge. Thinking the battery is dead, I take a spare battery and put it in. Immediately the juice goes through the bike, and the tach moves, etc. I turn it off to bolt up the battery holder. The harness outlined in the photo below starts getting hot as well as the rectifier. I haven't even turned the bike over, and the key is in the off position and it's getting hot. I don't think this is normal. Any suggestions? Is the R/R bad - assuming it is - why is it getting hot even with the key in the "off" position?
Thanks in advance for the help!

Thanks in advance for the help!