HELP!!!!!!!!!!! Bike won't start!!!!!!!! - Dead Battery

OK I am totally desperate here. We're back from Germany to ride for a couple days and sure enough I spent the day putting new farkles on and a new battery and sure enough it won't start.

It won't even turn over. I get a fast click from the relay or box right behind the battery. I've got it on a trickle charger right now but I'm scared it's something more.

The bike has been in storage for a year and a half with no fuel in a climate controlled storage facility.

I've basically got a day to get it running or I just wasted a couple grand in plane tickets flying home for this.

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like the battery went dead from sitting.

If you have jumper cables and a car you car check the battery real quick.

JUST DON"T START THE CAR - LEAVE THE CAR OFF

I've been frustrated a few times by bikes that won't start, and found that a quick check with jumper cables can
either confirm a dead battery, or remove that from the equation completely.

And it's an easy check.

It's a brand new battery- bike masters I think.

It will show almost 14v on the tender and then drop to 10v as soon as I turn the key and then to 6v when I hit the starter. I'm a bit desperate.

Sounds like maybe a dud battery. The voltage shouldn't drop below 10 when cranking.

Definitely a dead battery. Is it new as it I just bought it when I got home or new as in I bought it new and never installed a year and a half ago?

I agree. Battery was purchased 2 hours before install. Guess I get to go back to the shop...

Thanks and I'll report back. I was just scared that something was wrong with the electronics.

Ummm, I may be wrong here but aren't you supposed to charge a battery for a few hours after it's purchased before you install it? I know the ones I get for my Shadow have to be charged for at least 4 hours. I pour in the battery acid and then charge it.

Depends where you get it from. Every battery I've bought was fully charged, ready to go. I had to wait a bit for them to charge it, but none of the shops I've ever bought a battery home sold me a battery that I had to charge before installing it. Unless, of course, it was a dud. And I have had a couple of those, which is why I stated what I did. It does happen.

They tested the battery and it was dead. Gave me a new battery and I'm enjoying the little bike again.

Thank you all so very much for the help!!!!

Awesome!!! At least everybody here agreed that it was the battery.

Thank you for posting this topic. My bike has the same exact problem and symptoms. Looks like a charged battery is the fix.