So my bike has been sitting in the garage for about a year without me riding it. I knew that the battery was dead. So I tried to pushstart it. It still wouldn't start.

So my friend took out the jumper cables and we jump the bike with my car. It started with no problem. But once we took off the cables with the bike still running, the bike dies.

Do you think it is the stator or the battery. My friend said that I would need a new stator/alternator for sure. What do you guys think?

Thanks

 

Just a quick question: How many years has the existing battery been on the bike? From what your saying, it might just be that the battery is so far gone that it can't even hold a charge. I had the same thing happen last fall in that when i would ride my bike it would ocassionally stall on idle, until the one time is stalled for good and no matter how i jumped it, it would stall the second i got off the throttle or pulled in the clutch to shift.

If you have a voltmeter, hook it up to your battery and see what voltage it is holding. Then when you jump it and give it some throttle, see if the voltage increases. That would tell you if your stator is charging the batt. I'm assuming you didnt have it hooked up to a battery tender when it was sitting so it really just sounds like its dead. Put it on a charger overnight and see if it holds a charge. If the battery is more than a couple years old, I'd probably go ahead and replace it. A new stator would run you about $200 just for the part so Id definitly try all other things before going to that.

 

Get a new battery before you try anything else.

 

Thanks for the help guys. I will order the battery tonight. Does kneedraggers have the best price for 70 dollars?

 

http://www.bikebatts.com/product_inf...roducts_id/422
I got mine from here, i like it

 

For sure always start with a good battery first. A bad battery will kill a stator. Your bike will not start by trying to push-start it with a dead battery. Going that slow the stator alone won't make enough to even fire the plugs.