Electronics Resetting

[Guest gwh1996]

I have a 2005 Royal Star Venture. There were 2 times yesterday when I turned the bike on, my radio, my clock, and my trip odometers were all reset.

 

Is this indicative of a battery going bad, or may I have some other kind of electrical problem? I bought the bike used about 14 months ago, and not sure how old the battery is.

 

Thanks.

[gibvel]

That's about what happened why my battery was dying. The bike also took longer to start and the crank over speed slowed down over time.

 

You may want to make sure that the battery terminals are clean and making good contact. Also check the frame ground at the motor just behind the horn.

[jburrell]

This is an indication that you may have a bad battery or connection issue. However you may have a secondary issue. The ignition switch is known to go out on these bikes and it will do exactly the same thing. I was 3/4 the way home one day and everything just cut off..engine everything and all the electronics reset a few minutes later. It turned out that the switch was getting hot and shutting off. I installed a new switch and the issue disappeared but first I had installed a by pass around the switch. You could just have a bad ground somewhere and I would check all of those like the others said but then I would also install the switch by pass to avoid issues with the switch. There are several articles in the TECH section how to install the switch by pass and its very in-expensive and it could prevent you from being stranded somewhere. My switch stopped mostly after about 20 miles with the passing lights on and since they run thru the ignition switch it caused the switch to get hot. With the passing lights routed around the ignition switch this is avoided. Now if that should happen I can reach behind my seat and turn the bike on with the toggle and still start her up. You only have to remove the seat and the tank for the bypass wiring, installation time is about 30 minutes total.

 

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