It sure sounds like your battery is going bad, and it doesn't have enought amperage to start your ride in this cold weather. If it is bad, no amount of charging will fix it, or bring it back to life. Warming it up will help a weak battery, but not fix it.

 

yeah,at 10 below any wet cell is only like 30% of its normal capacity.i wonder how gel batteries are effected by cold???

 

so does anyone still think that maybe the starter is just too kold to get pushed out?

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: MECHANIKE

I wonder how gel batteries are effected by cold???</end quote></div>



They boast they have greater resistance to extreme temperatures, shock, and vibration over a common wet-cell battery. I have no experience with them.

 

no harley if the starter is good it should not be affected by -10 temp.if you can bring it in,you might be able to diagnose it better,like the guy that really loves mud said warming the batt. might help it start you but not mean the batt. is in great shape.the same deal on the batt. is the same as available voltage of the batt. to do work at low temps,the batt. is only able to charge to full state of charge at only 30% at -10 degrees......if you can't bring the bike in out of the cold,at least bring the battery in and charge/ test it properly.if you only have a trickle(thats what the doc said) it aint gonna do crap outside in this weather.take it to be charged/tested properly..good luck with that.........

 

ok guys i think i figured it out... well before i left to goto get the heater to heat the garage up... i let it trickle charge last night... so i figured i would see if it would start... and it did,... right up... so i pulled out the batt because i still have a warrenty on it and thought i would get it load tested... well on my way there what i came to figure out is that after running it throughout the day using the winch so much after parking it i never really gave the batt enough time to charge itself back up... therfore it slowly drained it... catch my drift? anyway i got to autozone and he loadtested it after trickle charging it and he said it was kinda low but tested good.. i said i would try it out and keep a batt tender on it and see what happends... that was alotta typin.....

merry christmas boys...n girls...

 

My bike is doing the same thing I'm going to let it charge for awhile and I'll get some heater to warm up the motor -25 with the wind.The battery is new I just think it's to cold plus with using the winch and plowing it drained the battery down.I'll keep you posted and I might give the starter a tap with some wood.I'll let you know.I might get a battery tender for it for christmas.

 

Just had the same problem on 1994 400L...the starter had one of the brushed stuck..Cleaned it up and then found a magnet loose on armture..Bought a new starter off E-BAY fore 42.00 dollars..

 

yea .. after leaving it charge it fired right up... i just had it rebuilt.. so good thing it didnt go out again

 

See this thread on the importance of maintaing a charge on your ATV battery...It is especially important in the cold and when you use accessories alot...
http://forums.atvconnection.co...tid/11/threadid/556955