lifeless spyder

[cenzo989]

hey guys, got a little situation here]...

i sat on my bike this morning.. i put the key in and turn and then the bike does the normal pre-start
press the brake pedal and i see the rear light brighten
presss the start button and i hear a POP but not very loiud

then the bike shuts down
no brake light no nothing when i turn key
nothing ...
lifeless....

im freakin out..... any ideas??

[jtpollock]

hey guys, got a little situation here]...

i sat on my bike this morning.. i put the key in and turn and then the bike does the normal pre-start
press the brake pedal and i see the rear light brighten
presss the start button and i hear a POP but not very loiud

then the bike shuts down
no brake light no nothing when i turn key
nothing ...
lifeless....

im freakin out..... any ideas??

Not a Mechanic but did you check all the fuses if you do not get the dash light to come on could be electrical best guess good luck..jtpollock

[quasi]

clean and tighten your battery terminals. might be as simple as that.

[stevencovert]

With NOTHING working - brake lights, dash, etc. means a complete power failure. All those things are on different fuses, which means power to the fuse box is gone. Measure the voltage on the battery, check terminals. I don't recall if there is some type of inline fusible link on the positive cable of the battery, so trace it from battery to the fuse box. A popping sound might be the positive cable shorting to ground from rubbing on something, the battery having an internal short (unlikely), a terminal falling off the battery (screw got loose and fell out), etc.

[cenzo989]

With NOTHING working - brake lights, dash, etc. means a complete power failure. All those things are on different fuses, which means power to the fuse box is gone. Measure the voltage on the battery, check terminals. I don't recall if there is some type of inline fusible link on the positive cable of the battery, so trace it from battery to the fuse box. A popping sound might be the positive cable shorting to groundow that i think of it from rubbing on something, the battery having an internal short (unlikely), a terminal falling off the battery (screw got loose and fell out), etc.

now that i think of it, i did loosen the battery terminals to take out an asseories attached to it.
and i dont think i screwed the terminals all the way back in...

can it be because of that?
could it be the screw got loose, and everything turned off?

i hope to god your right
i will look at it tomorrow morning and let you now

[pegasus1300]

The POP you heard was probably the electricity arching across an air gap on a loose battery terminal which then caused the cable to lose connection to the battery. Hopefully it didn't take any(or too many) fuses with it. Tighten BOTH cables at the battery. check you fuses (yes all of them including the main fuse). Then and only then turn on your key and see what you have. Good luck.

And don't worry you aren't the first or the last to forget to tighten a cable.

[Chupaca]

Re-check all the electrical connections. Any loose ones will result in these kind of problems. Hopefull it was only at the battery that you worked....

[Bob Denman]

Was it a loose battery connection?

[Navydad]

Anytime you repair or modify your spyder/motorcycle/car/truck/mower/chainsaw/toilet and then you have an issue with them later you go back to what you did last. Most of the time you will find the problem. Works for me anyway.

[cenzo989]

hi guys,
i am so sorry for delay in response
the weather here in NY has been so ****ty with cold heavy rain and wind....i didn't get a chance to get to my garage to check on the spyder
but this morning was beautiful, so i went out..

long story short....you guys are lifesavers..

it was a loose terminal screw i didn't tighten enough
whewwww..i worked on putting the battery on a battery tender to charge it the day before the incident..
i guess when i put it back, i didn't tighten the screws to the battery..

i love you guys... and thanks for the quick response also..

[HayRog]

Kinda nice when the fix is easy.