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Hey all,
I've been riding all month, and have had no big problems, aside from a few oil leaks from under-tightened bolts, until today.
Last night, as I put my bike in my garage, I plugged in a battery tender (still haven't done the regulator/rectifier upgrade), but accidentally left the kill switch on, with the key in the ignition. I went out this morning, to find that my battery was completely dead. It looks like the tender wasn't completely plugged in, or maybe the ignition coils were draining the battery the whole night.
I put a new battery in, and rode to work, but the engine died at every intersection, and was very slow to accelerate until about 3-4 thousand rpm, when I could feel the other cylinder running, but only in bursts. When I got to work, I unplugged the spark plugs, and found that only the left cylinder runs at idle, and the right cylinder is the one that's giving me problems.
I think maybe because of how I left the bike with the kill switch and ignition both on, that the ignition coil or condenser is burned out. Is this possible? is there any way I can check to see if this is the problem?
I've been riding all month, and have had no big problems, aside from a few oil leaks from under-tightened bolts, until today.
Last night, as I put my bike in my garage, I plugged in a battery tender (still haven't done the regulator/rectifier upgrade), but accidentally left the kill switch on, with the key in the ignition. I went out this morning, to find that my battery was completely dead. It looks like the tender wasn't completely plugged in, or maybe the ignition coils were draining the battery the whole night.
I put a new battery in, and rode to work, but the engine died at every intersection, and was very slow to accelerate until about 3-4 thousand rpm, when I could feel the other cylinder running, but only in bursts. When I got to work, I unplugged the spark plugs, and found that only the left cylinder runs at idle, and the right cylinder is the one that's giving me problems.
I think maybe because of how I left the bike with the kill switch and ignition both on, that the ignition coil or condenser is burned out. Is this possible? is there any way I can check to see if this is the problem?