WTF would cause this? burned up my ICM the other day but ive replaced it. dont know if that may have something to do with it..

 

Bad battery? heh
Throw it on a charger, then get a multimeter and check the voltage after the bikes been sitting (after charging) for a few hours. Should be at least 12.4V, a new battery sits at 12.8-12.9V
Any lower is a sign of the battery getting weak and in need of replacement.

 

Even a fully charged battery might not be good. My friend's bike just didn't have enough juice despite the voltage, plus it would drain in a matter of seconds when using the starter. You would really need to check the acid. My dad once shorted out a battery on an old Dodge Ram van. So, long story short...replace the battery. Especially since it starts with cables.

http://www.dansmc.com/batteries.htm

 

i agree w/ the battery, can you push start it and make it run? I had the same issue, it would only work when it was on cables and my only vehicle was the bike at the time, so i push started it to some motorcycle store, bought a battery for the bike on the bike, pushed started it leaving the store and then replaced the battery haha

 

Soounds like your R/R has died.

 

*facepalm*

Have you no powers of deductive reasoning?

There's a cable that goes to the battery
there's a cable that goes from the battery.
One is the positive, one is the negative.

The bike doesn't get electricity from the current battery.
You hook jumper cables up to a different battery. It suddenly works.


What about that is confusing?

 

so the damage is worse than i thought. the plug that connects the the yellows was completely burned up and 'fused' together :-( I'm thinking the whole harness and electrical sys needs to be replaced.

I'm considering notching the frame for the F3 engine..

Dude. no reason to be a smart ***. if its so obvious then you still couldve posted a useful response instead of spewing riddles. I'm still puzzled :-)

 

It's the battery! Now as to what led to the dead battery, that's another story, but it's the battery!

I hope you didn't hook this up with jumper cables to a running car. That's renowned for frying the electrical system on a bike!

 

Oh you said no power, I thought you said not running without cables.
Definitely the battery.

 

i iz confused by ranting