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Thanks everyone for your advice and knowledge. I'm still having problems with the bike but it runs for the most part. I wondering if some of it correlates to the cold weather. I live in Texas so the weather is bipolar, but I had most of the bike not starting at all during the winter. and now that it's technically spring, the bike starts up alright. Now there was a cold day recently where the weather dropped to like 30-40 something and I couldn't get it to start at all.

So I've got two batteries that I keep charged to run in it. It's been starting all right as long as they seem to be charged. I've only had one instance where I rode for a long time and the bike just shut off. It did turn back on but I could tell the miles display was flickering a little. My guess is that the battery is not being charged while i'm driving and that if I leave it plugged in it drains just sitting there. So I disconnect it every time I stop using it. Also the speedometer started working again randomly.

well the one I bought fit just fine, but it didn't work. Just the spark thing. The old battery didn't spark. I'll try to charge up my old battery to see if I can get my bike to turn over to give ya'll the readings. If I can't i'll have to get back with ya'll once I get the new battery.

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Not surprised that they cannot fix it. Not surprised they have no clue. They have pretty well filled my expectations. Now, how involved are you willing to work on this? I have no idea the transport problem you have while trying to fix this but with the knowledge on here the solution may be at hand. All you have to do is decide. We will be ready.

Karl

Pretty much I take the bus to and from work. It's not fun but means I don't have to walk the whole way there. I want to fix it. I'm working overtime this week so I'm hoping to be able to buy the parts in the next week or two for it. I'm thankful for the help. I'll borrow a (multimeter?) On Sunday to start testing things.

So to start, I am not very good when it comes to working on vehicles. I fix computers, not so much cars. But I'm willing to learn. I also have friends that do stuff with their own cars that will help me when I buy the parts. So I bought the bike knowing there is phantom drain on the battery. I figured it was the stator or the wiring since the guy said he had just bought a new battery for it. There is only one place in town that will work on my bike and from what I gathered they can't fix it. They replaced the stator and told me it was fixed but the bike died twice on the way home. After a couple of weeks they told me that they can't pinpoint the problem and that it was probably the wiring harness and that it would cost thousands of dollars to fix. I can't afford that, so my choices are try to sell the bike with a problem that is getting worse or try to fix it myself. It's my only transportation right now so I'd like to get it working if I can. So i'd like to pick ya'lls brains on this if I could before I buy any parts. Please bare with me if I ask any dumb questions.

So here is what the bike is doing.

So when I got the bike it was running pretty well. It started dying after riding for like 30-45 minutes mainly only on starting and when I'm at a complete stop. Like at a stop light. The more I drove it the worse it started getting. The shop said the stator wasn't all the way dead but it was on its way out. My battery tested okay for them but the shop couldn't figure out the problem they had it deep checked or something like that, and there is a bad cell in it. In order for my bike to work now I have to take out the battery and charge it in my house. That used to work okay, but now when I charge it the bike very well might still not start. Its hit or miss. W/e it would die and not turn over, the lights and the horn would still work. I have noticed that the times the bike won't start that the positive terminal heats up a lot. The cable itself doesn't seem  to up as much as the screw that holds it to the battery. One time it heated up so much that a bit of the metal on the battery melted off. I've also burned myself on it. Now when the bike starts fine there is no heat at all. I thought it was just the positive but the day before yesterday it was the negative terminal. Maybe one of the screws is doing something? idk. That's all I can think of right now.

If ya'll have any probing questions, I'll answer as best I can. Do ya'll think its the wiring harness? I saw one on ebay for like 70 dollars. I haven't been able to find any youtube videos on replacing that, just a service manual which is hard to understand. If anyone has any tips on replacing it from someone who has done it before as well as tools I'll need to make sure I have would be much appreciated.

I really like this bike. It drives smoothly. Please help me get it back up and going if possible.

Thanks!

Thank you for all the incite, I really appreciate. I believe what I've gotten out of this is 6 hours sounds about right. Although if ya'll happen to not be mechanics I'd imagine a shop should have it done sooner. But I won't harp on that. I'm glad ya'll agree that they should have contacted me. I believe it was a estimate and not a quote I guess. Cause I never signed anything. I'm just boggled that they thought it'd be totally fine to just double it without saying.

I know its just a couple hundred bucks. I was desperate to get answers before I go up there b/c to me right now 200 dollars might as well be 2 grand. I'm worrying about keeping the lights on and stuff let alone paying 200 more dollars for a repair. but i'm in a position where its my only transportation so i'm literally at these peoples mercy. If they had told me 300 or more originally I would have turned it down and either attempted to do it myself with a car-smarter friend. Or keep my battery charged. So if they won't come down on the price or do a payment plan, then i'm not sure what to do other then right a horrible review so that the next person won't use them.