• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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08 te 510 wont run with dead battery

TRAILDUDE

TRAILDUDE

Husqvarna
AA Class
Long trail ride and we stop for a break. Go to start and the TE has an error code displayed and wont start. the relay clicks like the battery is dead. So I go for the kick start with no luck. So we swap the battery with my friends KTM EXC and she fires right up.

So just for giggles i disconnect the battery on my TE with the bike running and the engine sputters to a stop. Man i really dont like the fact the bike wont run without a battery, or a dead battery.

We put the dead battery in my buddies KTM, dont even connect the leads, and he kicks her to life.

The TE should be able to run with a dead battery using the kick starter. Just another down side to the fuel injection I guess.:thumbsdown:
 
Yes, they did a poor design on this I think also. But, I wouldn't trade my TE450 for ANY KTM "EVER". Was the KTM FI? Technically (I think) the battery has to have a minimum 7.5 volts left in it to do its job. I leave mine on the tender if I am not riding for a while. Do you have your stock battery? I had to replace mine once already in the 450 but the 610 is still great. Not a cheep battery, 130.00! Still love the bikes though.
 
BrandonR;136729 said:
The 610 does the same thing, all the bike needs to run battery-less is a cheap capacitor.
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Tell me more.

Does that mean having a capacitor hookup to the terminals, and then you can kick the bike over. I guess you would have to kick it over a few times to build up a charge in the capacitor to be able to drive the fuel pump.:excuseme:
 
The 610 doesn't have a kick starter but it bump starts with only a capacitor so I can only think a bike with a kick starter would start. Or you could jump start it if you have another battery available.

Here's the evidence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1C14A2rVbc

The capacitor is just a 4700uf 35v electrolytic capacitor from radio shack.
 
BrandonR;136741 said:
The 610 doesn't have a kick starter but it bump starts with only a capacitor so I can only think a bike with a kick starter would start. Or you could jump start it if you have another battery available.

Here's the evidence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1C14A2rVbc

The capacitor is just a 4700uf 35v electrolytic capacitor from radio shack.
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Very interesting, will have to investigate this further.

This is the one reason I was reluctant to go to the fuel injection models.

No point having a kick starter if the bike won’t run when the volts falls below 7.5 so I believe.

But, with one of these in my back pack,
(if it will work on the 010 450 I will be happy)

Only other bitch is the fuel tank is crap on this model, what were they thinking.:confused:

But overall it’s a much better bike than the 07 450 I had, handling, lighter and a more smoother power delivery.:thumbsup:
 
This is not new news for Husky's EFI bikes.... If one of your battery connectors starts to come loose, the bike will start sputtering and eventually die if/when the screw falls out. It sucks but that's what we have through 2010.... I still have to question why they went Mikuni (not a big name in FI systems) and why they accepted a crappy support package for the FI. Perhaps it was due to the "new" factor of FI on real dirt bikes and not knowing any better?
 
ioneater;136750 said:
Perhaps it was due to the "new" factor of FI on real dirt bikes and not knowing any better?
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I would guess and say (like most things in manufacturing) it was $$ driven decision. EFI on trials bikes has been around for a few years now.

There are a few EFI systems that use a mag for juice vice HAVING to have a certain amount of juice in the battery to power the FI.

The benefits out weigh the detractions for me, just make sure you top the battery off in between rides. I am still on my stock battery in my 2007 KTM 525. All I do is top it off with a tender after winter. Seems I can't kill that battery!
 
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