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Sluggish Starting
By: Kpbeddin Date: April 22, 2016, 10:32 pm
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Hello all,
I recently purchased a new 2016 690. Often, especially when
bike is cold, the starter turns slowly as though the battery is
about to die. I checked the battery voltage and it is always
fine at 12.9 vdc when not running and 14 vdc when running. I
even took the battery out and charged it, but it would not take
additional charge.
Also, during those times when it is sluggish to start, the FI
light will illuminate and stay solid for 2 or 3 seconds after
starting. Anyone else experience these issues?
Keith
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Re: Sluggish Starting
By: SDMF_Reaps Date: April 23, 2016, 1:24 pm
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Hi,
Recently I forgot to turn my GPS off and drained the battery. I
used a jump pack to start it. One of those little Li-Ion
jobs... once started you have to remove it or the voltage from
the charging system will kill it. Once I unplugged it the bike
would start running rough and the FI light would be illuminated.
I charged the battery and got the bike started. It has been
fine ever since.
My experience leads me to believe that you may have a bad cell
in you battery. It will still read full voltage but when a load
is placed on it the battery doesn't have enough storage (amp
hours?) to keep up.
I would take the battery somewhere that it can be load banked.
It will probably turn up that the battery is bad.
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Re: Sluggish Starting
By: Kpbeddin Date: April 24, 2016, 12:33 pm
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Thanks for the response. I thought that could very well be the
case. I did my best to also check for loose connections at the
starter and grounding connections. I have appointment at local
dealer and plan to suggest faulty battery as a possibility, so
thanks for the affirmation.
Keith
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Re: Sluggish Starting
By: Kpbeddin Date: April 30, 2016, 2:42 pm
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Just got off the phone with dealer who after keeping it for
several days, says everything checks out normal Service
manager says that if it happens to be on compression stroke when
you go to start it, this will happen. I call BS on this, but
decided I probably don't want my bike in that shop any longer.
I suppose I will check with another dealer.
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Re: Sluggish Starting
By: agada Date: April 9, 2020, 2:47 am
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the best thing you can do is change your battery with a new and
good one. say to your dealer to replace the old battery. this
will keep your bike in a good and well maintained way. check
this guide
HTML https://batteryreconditioning.rev
iew/too it might help you.
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