1998 Honda Shadow Won't start

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push-start · Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:20 pm

I've had my Honda 1100 for 1 1/2 years now and have never had a bit of problems. The battery is only 6 months old and has been checked and is holding a charge just fine. WE have checked everything on it that we can think of and we can not figure out why it won't start. Last Saturday I rode it about 8 miles, made a short stop got back on and it woulndn't even turn over. Absolutely nothing. The head light is acting up too. We were able to push start it and continued to drive it all day. A couple of times when we turned the key on we noticed that the head light wasn't working but then it would mysteriuously come back on. Any suggestions of what we could check???

#2 Unread post by **Sev** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:45 am

If it runs fine once you get it started (bump or boost) then the battery is dieing or dead. Just because it holds a charge doesn't mean it's good.

Replace the battery with a known good one and see what happens.

niterider · #3 Unread post by **niterider** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:09 pm

I had a simular problem, turned out that I had forgotten to tighten the ground cable at the frame when I replaced the battery.

Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:17 pm

Definitely check the battery cables:
-Could be loose
-Could be corroded
-Could be broken inside the insulation.