I'm sitting next to my 09 C14... it's dead... looks like KiPass has bit me. Stopped for a train... tried to start bike... nada... friend took me back for secondary fob... nada... switch is locked for good. At least is was in the free position for me to push to a park. *sigh*
I feel your pain. I was on my way home from a great ride to Fort Payne, Alabama for BBQ yesterday when I stopped for gas. Got back on and my 08 is dead!! Nada!! Nothing!! Zip!! Changed the fob battery. Took the battery cover off and checked the wires. Ended up leaving the bike at the gas station in Rome, Georgia and rode bitch home to Acworth with my buddy. Found someone to meet me back up there with a trailer. Took the spare FOB just in case. No such luck.
Got the bike back home. Today I took the battery out, made sure everything was hooked up ok, pushed the key and voila, it clicked and the screen lite up, but it wouldn't start. Headlights were dead. Green neutral light faded. So, I put the battery on the battery tender. It charged and showed full charge, but no luck on starting. Put everything back together to have it taken to the dealer tomorrow and now I don't get the click or screen shot when I push the key.
This is the third time this has happened. Once out in the middle of west Texas after gassing up. I don't know what I did, but after an hour or so and with me fiddling with the battery connections, it finally started. Next time I was picking the bike up at the dealer after an oil change and it wouldn't do anything. The mechanic couldn't get it going either. After leaving it another day, it started. The mechanic said he didn't know what was going on with it.
I bought this thing new and have put about 33,000 miles on it. Granted it's only happened 3 times in 33,000 miles, but what a ball breaker when it does happen.
Any ideas?