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batter is brand new. 2 weeks old. AGM or AMG i dont remember lol. My starter selenoid reads over 12 volts recieving. starter is getting full poewr. I have not tried it when it gets hot. it hasnt happened yet. When it does i will use my multimeter to tell u what the selenoid is recieving and what the starter is revieving.

i cleaned all my connections. the thing i odnt understand is a bad fuse or connection is a bad connection or fuse. Why does it work 100% of the time if i hook my motorcycle up to a cars batter with jumper cables?

ok. u have a 1987 yamaha virago xv1100. this issue happens mmaybe once or twice a month. The most 4 times a months every.. ill be riding on the highway going pretty fast. for example today i was riding it on the I95 in florida doing about 100 miles per hour for about 80 miles so a good hour drive... i stop at a gas station. turn off my bike.. fill up with some gas. go to start my bike and BAM IT DOESNT START.. When i start it i hear my starter click, so its shooting out and i hear a FAINT spinning. Sometimes if i let it sit for a while it will start right up. Sometimes it wont. 1)If i push start it no problem ( this kills me becuase this is one heavy son of a gun) and usually when i get home. turn off the bike it starts right back up.1 2) i can wait for a little while every now and then and it would start back up. Only sometimes so at this point im thinking it has to be a bad starter or selenoid But i did not want to buy a new starter due to the price... i randomly said hey let me hook it up to a car battery and see if starts i hooked it up to my wifes car and BAM!!! starts with no problem. so with this new info l i decided to think maybe it was my battery or regulator. I tested my battery with the bike off.12.4 volts. Started the bike it dropped to 12.2 (obviuosly cus it used juce to crank up) Waited a minute or 2 and it reads 14.2 volts with the motorcycle running. Turned off the bike now it reads 12.5 volts. (so with my knowledge so far its not my regulator which is the charging system or my battery not being charged) God im hoping its not the starter. So i get my batter tested at a friends garage. its read 285 cold cranking amps.. .Im not sure but i was aware that my bike needs at least 340 cold cranking amps.. If this is the issue. i need help trying to understand why this would only happen once in a while. Not every time. maybe once or twice a month the mad 4 times it happened a month, and i ride my bike on a Daily bassis. If it was my cold cranking amps should it be a normal thing. Not after i good ride?

My battery died on me today. forgot to turn off my lights on my 1987 yamaha virago xv1100. right now it has a everstart motorcycle battery ES50-n18l-2 (50-n18l-2) (50-n18l-3) I bought a schumacher 2a-4a-6a charger 72w. Is this right? 1) was told to trickle(slow) charge it and use the 2amp setting. 2)to fill the batter with distilled water since its almost at the Low Level mark. 3)also while charging to leave the caps open so no gases build up inside my question is i have 7 opening on this battery. 6 chambers across but the 7th one is right under the 4th one. i included a picture so u can see do i add distilled water to all . is the 4th one and the 7th one share the same chamber. i dont want to fill the 4th chamber then add water to the 7th one right under it and go past UPPER LEVEL mark ad add to much water This is the battery http://puu.sh/1iKnA

can anyone confirm this?

i dont mind taking it off. its 2 screwes no biggie. I just talked to my local dealer and there telling me that a 1987 yamaha virago xv1100 does not come with a pitcock. the 700 does but not the 1100. Its not suppose to have it This is the current pitcock on my bike. http://s826.photobuc...nt=IMAG0038.jpg

yes but none of that had to do with the issue we were having. why was my motorcycle running out of gas at around 80 miles in the ON position. and when it runs out at 80 miles i fill it up with gas and it just takes 10 dollors which is alittle over 2 gallons of gas to fill my tank. Earlier in the thread we came up with the idea that the pitcock is kicking in to early but we havent narrowed the issue. It was said its either the pitlock or a leak in the pitcock valc. Trying to figure out what it is so i can take off my pitkock and know what im looking for. I dont ride my throttle heavy at all because i do not have a tachometer. I always tay in 5th gear even if im going 30 miles an hour. i only weigh 190 pounds.

@ Campaman Ok. I filled it up when i started dieing with 10 dollors full tank. These are the steps i did accourding to your suggestion.. 1) I filled up my tank with 87 octain gas and a half can of SeaFoam. (friend told me to add that to clean carbs) and filled up a 1 gallon gas can to keep in my sattle bag 2) I drove 82 miles and it started to choke (lose power) 3) So i switched it to "Prime" instead of reserve like u suggested. 4) After i switched it to prime i made it to 112 miles and it died on me completely 5) i put it on reserve and it would not start. i only attempted to turn it over 3 times. 6) So i put 1 gallon of gas in it that i had in the gas can 7) It was running Rough when i added the gallon in it. Im assuming because i ran it completely out of gas Before hand but after i ran it alittle it ran normal 8) Went to the gas station and another 3 gallons fit in it. (so it does fit 4 gallons in my tank) So with this info i found out that my gas tank does fit 4 gallons. and i made it 112 miles on a full tank. since im making it 112 miles on 4 gallons of gas that means im getting 28 miles per gallon? ( 4 divided by 112) isnt that extemely low? I followed the instructions u asked me to do. What do u think the problem is?

Up is reserve, Right is Prime, Down is on then i have 2 letters/numbers on the pitcock . The part that connects to the tank v4d

4 thats Fkin Hallariuos yea. Was just a thought. Thanks for the input guys. i mean this bike i feel tremendous torque so it was an idea lol. The guy that had it before me said he used it as a drag bike.

so is that a pitcock issue? and if thats teh case. Why is it when i Switch to researve i look inside the tank and i dont see any gas?

Ive done them on my old yamaha r1. Then again it was a light bike and very easy to do. Now i want to do it on my 1987 yamaha virago(frame). But the engine is a 1997 yamaha Virago xv1100.(thats what the person i got it from told me) The engine number is 1te-003563 cant find anywhere to see what year or information on that engine. Never done one on a cruiser so i need some tips I want to try to a small wheelie(maybe a few inches off the ground) until i get use to the weight of the bike to go higher. 1) Do i have to actually attempt to life the bike with my arms or should it lift on its own 2) what gear do i get the most torque from ( assuming this is where i need to do it) 3) Do i need to POP the cluch fast while reving or can i do what i did on my r1 and just change gear first then REV HARD 4) how fast should i be going when i start the wheelie Most important (5) I dont have a Tacho. So i ride my bike by sound. How fast should i be going in what gear before i start the wheelie? i want to be able to do it at a really slow speed as in just taking off from a stop.

Also i just remember something. The dealer i got it from told me the engin is from a 1997 yamaha virago. so it was updated. Could this take part of it? The engine number is 1te-003563 cant find anywhere to see what year or information on that engine. The thing coming from under the tank is a Toggle switch installed for lights and as an ignition switch. If your talkign about the Round thing infront of it those on my horns. One on each side. Also im not going by a low level light. When im driving and the bike starts choking out as in it outs of gas i put it on reserve and go to the gas station ( at this point if i dont put it on reserve my motorcycle dies) at the gas station it takes no more then 10 dollors. if i put more its pouring onto the ground on the tank. 3.99 a gallon. for 93 octaine. 4.00 divided by 10 dollors is 2.5 gallons sry but this is extremely confusing. When i fill the gas tank i put it at the rim and watch it until the gas goes to thee rim at the top of the tank. Of course there is a bubble there becuase of the angle the tank is placed. Do u think that is the extra space im missing that they take account of even though its impossible to get gas there?

again. at 70-75 miles it starts choking so i have to put it on reserve. What would looking in the tank at 75 miles do if i have to put it on reserve? There is no way my tank is 4+ gallons when Gas being 399 a gallon for 93 octain. 10 dollors max fills up the tank when i have it on reserve.

Ok so i did some thinkg. I figured The light wont go off maybe becuase i have a BAD fuel sensor. Then said wait. Let me check something. I hooked my Electrical tester to the pisive side of the batter and negitive on the frame. Bam 12 volts so frame is ground. Put it on the gank. Nothing. Then i thought, Wait tank has paint so it wount work. So i put the negitive on my Gas tank CAP and BAM. volts.. That means my gank tank some how is grounded.