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Stealth Billie is Dead

Bytemi

Bytemi

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So my husband, little bytemi and I headed out this to take a ride before hubby ships out this afternoon and Stealth Billie is dead.

I turned the key and the display turned on, hit the mode button, hit the kill switch, pressed the start. There was a pop and everything went black.

Just a dead battery??? She has been parked for two weeks because of heat and rain.

Figures husband deploys and Spyder dies. What a crappy day!


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Pop to black sounds like a fuse problem... of course, could be battery. The litany from the Spyder Book of Prayer:1. Check fuses.2. Check and tighten battery connections at the battery.3. Put bike on a tender until charged (you have a tender, right? You should have a tender).If that doesn't work, sadly time to call AAA/BEST/what-have-you...
 
:shocked: :agree: The "Pop" says that fuses and circuit breakers need to be looked at... Is your battery original to the bike? It might be getting a bit "long in the tooth" and also need replacing...
Good Luck! Please let us know what you find! :thumbup:
 
More information: we pushed the Spyder down the driveway and that charged the battery enough to turn the display on. I tried to pop the clutch and it locked up the back tire. So we tried again, got the lights on hit the power, pop everything went black.


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Bytemi said:
So my husband, little bytemi and I headed out this to take a ride before hubby ships out this afternoon and Stealth Billie is dead.

I turned the key and the display turned on, hit the mode button, hit the kill switch, pressed the start. There was a pop and everything went black.

Just a dead battery??? She has been parked for two weeks because of heat and rain.

Figures husband deploys and Spyder dies. What a crappy day!


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For what its worth my money is on the battery, Sometimes a lose neg - terminal will ark at a start up load and make a pop/snap sound.
 
The lose lead wins!!! I will be getting a battery tender now.


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As others have stated, $$ is on the battery/fuses/relays- Hopefully an easy fix

:( Just wanted you to know, that Teddy and I agree, It SUCKS:sour:

But hopefully, its an easy charge/fix for StealthBillie and more importantly, your husband is safe while in harms way:pray: Prayers are with y'all:pray: and keep us updated on how this plays out:popcorn:
 
Charge the battery, remove/clean/tighten battery terminals and you should be good to go. Just normal maintenance.
 
like in all my threads check the battery cables ,check the fusess and relays every 500 miles and alwas keep on a battery tender when not riding,they all vibrate loose.what i said will keep you running smooth.so do these things and ride like the wind.have fun.:thumbup:
 
BajaRon said:
Charge the battery, remove/clean/tighten battery terminals and you should be good to go. Just normal maintenance.
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Since I recently had a loose terminal as well, it got me to wondering if it was a bad/good idea to use some blue locktight on the terminal bolt?
 
I wouldn't suggest using it... A good stout amount of "elbow grease" is safest! :thumbup:
I don't know if Loctite might actually insulate some of those parts and keep the juice from flowing properly... :shocked:
 
NoJive said:
Since I recently had a loose terminal as well, it got me to wondering if it was a bad/good idea to use some blue locktight on the terminal bolt?
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Don't do it! Loctite and plastic don't get along. You don't want to chance a cracked battery. Even with Loctite, the connection will get loose. The vibration eventually indents the lead as the fasteners move. The best answer is regularly checking during maintenance.
 
Being married to a Navy man (24 yrs of service) this sounds very normal. As soon as hubby ship leaves port everything starts to break. Hope you get it fix and your husband has a short and safe deployment.

Also, Thanks to your husband for his service and to you for supporting him.

"Military Spouse has the hardest job"
 
Some day Fliight Risk, you might say "I wish I had installed a battery tender". For the price! Keep in mind
that every thing is aging and wearing down,,, so is your battery. They don't stay fresh forever. You don't have to have one
but it's a good precaurion that's all.


By the way,,, good luck Bitemi

SilverFox :thumbup:
 
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SilverFox1 said:
Some day Fliight Risk, you might say "I wish I had installed a battery tender". For the price! Keep in mind
that every thing is aging and wearing down,,, so is your battery. They don't stay fresh forever. You don't have to have one
but it's a good precaurion that's all.


By the way,,, good luck Bitemi

SilverFox :thumbup:[/QUOT

Sounds like me LOL. Seriously, if you ride/drive something often why is there a need for that? The bike isn't even a year old.
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Fliight Risk said:
Seriously, if you ride/drive something often why is there a need for that? The bike isn't even a year old.
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Theoretically, you should not need to use a battery maintainer under these circumstances...especially in a warm climate. We don't use one on either of our Spyders when we are riding regularly...not even on the RT, which has a certain amount of parasitic draw. In the winter, when our machines are idle longer, they get battery maintainers.
 
I have all our stuff on battery tenders, tractor, atv's, scooter's, spyder every thing.

Love the peace of mind knowing the battery is in top condition, especially before a long weekend trip.

Never once mentioned during the sales process but when I picked up my Spyder from the dealer they had already wired the battery tender lead into the spyder and gave me a brand new battery tender. Nice touch.

Some years back I had a VTX 1800, whilst ridding would act erratic to cut a long story short all lead to the battery. Every since then always used battery tenders all year round.

Just my 2cents which is not worth as much anymore

Harry
 
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