New to the forum and new to the Cannodale family. Picked up an 02 Cannibal that sat outside for a year+. Don't know the condition before it sat. After replacing fluids, fuel lines and some vacuum hoses she fired right up (using a car battery). One thing I did do was jumped the starter switch. I could never get power to the starting solenoid. I jumped the switch down to the wire that goes to the solenoid. I did not disconnect anything. Everything seemed fine. Running good. Bought battery (ebay). Started right up. This thing halls A$$!! You can imagine my excitement :-). Drove it around the neighborhood, minimal impact (jumps, etc) for 15 or 20 minutes max. Started / stopped several times with no issues. Then while running, everything died, followed by no start, not even a solenoid click. After sitting the fuel pump would respond, then once hit start (or even turn on lights) everything would die. Put meter on it battery has 12.4+ volts. Hit start and goes down to 0. After moments slowly climbs back up to normal. I figured bad battery. Replaced. Same scenario. Figured "Cheap" battery. Bought different (ebay) battery. Of course I figured problem solved so hauled it out to the park. Third warm up lap, under load, quad dies. Same situation. Third fried battery... I think I have a problem and need some help!!
Thoughts?
Shorting new battery (s)
QUOTE (kdeal @ Dec 1 2016, 07:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Number one lesson, most power sports batteries are made in China and are absolute garbage. I believe there is only one or maybe two brands still made in the USA. What brand of batteries are you using?
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