[DDowney]

Hey guys, I washed my bike yesterday and rode it to a neighbors and shut it off with the kill switch. Got ready to come home and nothing will happen, no click, battery shows 12.xx volts and I checked the clutch switch best I can and the kill switch. I don't really know how to check the start switch. Any ideas?

[crf230frider]

maybe a fuse?

[DDowney]

No I thought that too but, I just came in from the shop and I had found the fuse and it was fine. I am wondering about the battery now. I finally tried to put a meter on the battery and when I would push the start button the voltage would drop to single digits. I put a charger on it and it turned over and would start. The meter would show around 14 volts while running. So I am charging the battery. However I have never seen a battery just die all the sudden like that. I am still uncertain though, because I rode it about 2.5 hours on Sat and it had been setting for several days before that. Started fine on Sunday then just would not do anything. I guess after a good charge it will let me know if it is the battery. I'm still open to ideas though.

[sycraft]

Batteries can die suddenly, happens quite often. I had a car battery die, I had turned off my vehicle and tried to restart 2 minutes later only to find the battery completely died, replaced and all was fine. If the battery is in question, may be wiser to get a new one.

[BRP]

Also check all cable connections for being clean and tight. Power and ground.