Electrical Question on a Victory

[BradT]

Not sure if this is the right place, but have an electrical issue with a 08 Victory Vegas Low.

 

Turn the key on lights come on powers up. Goes through the normal clicking sounds. Hit the starter everything is dead. Fuse box has 6 mini fuses then 3 relays and then 2 larger relays which are Primary and Secondary Lighting. These two relays are clicking away, take them out then back in resets everything.

 

With the primary relay out all the lights are working, hit start and everything is gone, all power is gone. System will reset it self and again same thing.

 

The question is where and what and I looking for. I was thinking the starter switch is grounding out or a a short circuit somewhere in the starter switch wiring ?

 

I have wiring diagram and it looks a very simple circuit Seems like the ECM, controls everthing.

 

Brad

[Guest tx2sturgis]

Five year old battery is dead.

 

Replace with known good.

 

Your welcome.

 

[Marcarl]

Five year old battery is dead.

 

Replace with known good.

 

Your welcome.

 

Good place to start, or check voltage of battery before and when you hit the start button. If it drops below 10.5 volts it means a trip to the store.

Obviously not a 1st gen, it would start right away in this kind of weather.

[Wade 2000]

Five year old battery is dead.

 

Replace with known good.

 

Your welcome.

 

 

you can also take the leads off the batt and clean them. They may look ok but be crusted below. Or even a charge with a good voltage gauge. Definitely sounds like a voltage/ batt problem

[BradT]

Voltage was up there on the battery but will check that first thing in the morning. It is the year for Battery's. Truck and car got one over the winter. Garden tractor battery needs to be replaced.

 

Brad

[Wade 2000]

My buddy just went through this on a Triumph. Batt voltage looked fine and externals looked fine. He took batt leads of and they were corroded as all h3!!. A quick clean and back on the road. Hopefully you get so lucky

[djh3]

If a wet cell ck the fluid level also. But I would say batt is prime place to start looking. Had one in wifes car volts good, but hit start and click click. Clean terminals and good for a few days then may have problem again. Kind of an on and off again thing. Turned out had a bad plate or something in it. CCA should have been 700+ Finnaly about the 3rd time I took it to be ck it read 225.

[Guest tx2sturgis]

It certainly COULD be that the terminals are corroded and/or loose...but at any rate, a 5 year old battery thats been under-charged for a while...I'd put a new one in and be done with it.

 

But thats just me...I hate to push the start button, and only hear weak clicking noises on a bike 50 miles from nowhere.

 

 

 

[reddevilmedic]

just replaced the batt on my 07 Vegas, it was weak...

[Naugh-T]

I said the battery before he even posted this:confused24:

 

Naugh-T

[Squidley]

I said the battery before he even posted this:confused24:

 

Naugh-T

 

I'm sorry, what did you say?