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2021 Spyder RTL
Started the bike and went for a ride, about 20 km, got home; stopped the bike; and within a few minutes tried to start it again to move it and got "Check Key" msg on the display, nothing worked, and I couldn't start it again. Checked the battery voltage and it was down to around 12.5 volts. Put it on the charger for a while and tried again; everything came up properly (no "Check Key" msg) and the bike started fine. Also, no fault codes. Suspected battery was not holding charge, so I replaced it with new one, same problem with new one. Both batteries work the same way, when fully charged everything works as it should; but after riding for a while and stopping, I get the "Check Key" error and it won't start. After recharging both batteries, everything works fine again on both. When the bike is running, both batteries read about 14.5 volts.
Any ideas as to what might be wrong?
Started the bike and went for a ride, about 20 km, got home; stopped the bike; and within a few minutes tried to start it again to move it and got "Check Key" msg on the display, nothing worked, and I couldn't start it again. Checked the battery voltage and it was down to around 12.5 volts. Put it on the charger for a while and tried again; everything came up properly (no "Check Key" msg) and the bike started fine. Also, no fault codes. Suspected battery was not holding charge, so I replaced it with new one, same problem with new one. Both batteries work the same way, when fully charged everything works as it should; but after riding for a while and stopping, I get the "Check Key" error and it won't start. After recharging both batteries, everything works fine again on both. When the bike is running, both batteries read about 14.5 volts.
Any ideas as to what might be wrong?
