Bike died while riding

[Demonaz]

Bike is an '09 Daytona. A few days ago while riding, I noticed the fuel light turn on. I had just filled up with gas earlier in the day so I knew something was fishy. About a minute later the bike suddenly died while accelerating. I pushed the bike into a parking lot and was unable to get the bike restarted, so I had it towed home. (Thumbs up to MotoLimo btw)

The first internet search I did told me to check the battery. After putting the battery tender on, the bike fired up without hesitation and I took it for a ride around town for about half an hour with no problems.

Does anyone know what would cause this problem? Should I just get a new battery, or do I have a larger underlying problem here? I'd like to avoid getting bent over by the dealer if possible.

 

[Brian P]

Check your charging system.

Fully charged battery at rest (key off) should show approx 12.6 - 12.8 volts between the battery terminals. With the engine running at various speeds, it should show between 13.5 and 15.3 volts. If it is showing below the at-rest voltage, your charging system is not charging the battery at all.

 

[strictlye]

^ yup

sounds like you may have an issues with your stator/rectifier. Basically like the alternator of a car, if its not charging your battery, the entire bike is running on battery power and under load your batt will just die. If the rectifier/regulator is not regulating the the charge in your charging system your electronics will start to do so me weird things and act like its possessed.

 

[Acadien]

Something similar happened to me a while back. Turns out one of the screw on the battery post was loose. Once tightened, the bike started like new.