shawn77
01-23-2014, 02:41 PM
Hi guys , new to the site and new to the trike as well
Last month I purchased my first big red ,a lot of new parts on it and besides having to clean the carb to get it running good its been a good trike ....I've been getting the chance to ride a couple days a week after work and its always started fine either by pulling or using elect. start ...while on my way home I lost my power to headlight and drove threat of the way home got to the garage put it in neutral and no neutral light ...rode it in to the garage and shut it off and it would not start....now being that it was a brand new battery as of last month I figured I would put my charger on it and after hooking up charger headlight comes on and trike will start but still no neutral light ...I checked the fuse by the battery and it was good and after that I noticed the neutral light had come on ...so I left my charger on over night on trickle went out this morning and take charger of and again no power and no neutral light ...I don't have my meter at home so for giggles I put a test light on battery and bulb barely lights so I figure bad battery ,I took battery out ad figured I would try to ride without battery and it won't start at all I am new but I've read a lot of different discussions and ppl say you don't need a battery to ride ...well I hope hope this helps would a bad voltage regulator cause all this? Maybe it messed up the new battery and is keeping it running without one don't know if that would explain the neutral light ...well hope to hear your ideas ...thanks
Last month I purchased my first big red ,a lot of new parts on it and besides having to clean the carb to get it running good its been a good trike ....I've been getting the chance to ride a couple days a week after work and its always started fine either by pulling or using elect. start ...while on my way home I lost my power to headlight and drove threat of the way home got to the garage put it in neutral and no neutral light ...rode it in to the garage and shut it off and it would not start....now being that it was a brand new battery as of last month I figured I would put my charger on it and after hooking up charger headlight comes on and trike will start but still no neutral light ...I checked the fuse by the battery and it was good and after that I noticed the neutral light had come on ...so I left my charger on over night on trickle went out this morning and take charger of and again no power and no neutral light ...I don't have my meter at home so for giggles I put a test light on battery and bulb barely lights so I figure bad battery ,I took battery out ad figured I would try to ride without battery and it won't start at all I am new but I've read a lot of different discussions and ppl say you don't need a battery to ride ...well I hope hope this helps would a bad voltage regulator cause all this? Maybe it messed up the new battery and is keeping it running without one don't know if that would explain the neutral light ...well hope to hear your ideas ...thanks