Heya Monster,
I just got done fixing a similar problem on my F3. I definitely agree with jeeps and snadamo - you should make sure the battery is fully charged and still willing to hold charge. It seems that's the most likely culprit.
In my case, however... a dead battery was only the sympom of another faulty part. I had somehow blown the Regulator/Rectifier, which converts the AC from the alternator to DC for the rest of the bike's electrical system including the battery. Bought a new battery, fried a new battery. :-/ Because of how the R/R failed, I was afraid the stator was bad as well. But it turned out to be okay.
If your bike is like mine and if you have a Digital Multimeter, there are pretty simple tests to see if the R/R and stator are still good... I'm not sure if I should post more details about my misadventure in case our setups are much different. Service manual is probably the best place to get the procedure for your bike. Let me know if you don't get it running. If you do replace the battery all i can say is make sure you're getting about 14.5 volts across the battery terminals when the engine is running above 3krpm.
Good luck! I'll keep an eye out for your reply.
I just got done fixing a similar problem on my F3. I definitely agree with jeeps and snadamo - you should make sure the battery is fully charged and still willing to hold charge. It seems that's the most likely culprit.
In my case, however... a dead battery was only the sympom of another faulty part. I had somehow blown the Regulator/Rectifier, which converts the AC from the alternator to DC for the rest of the bike's electrical system including the battery. Bought a new battery, fried a new battery. :-/ Because of how the R/R failed, I was afraid the stator was bad as well. But it turned out to be okay.
If your bike is like mine and if you have a Digital Multimeter, there are pretty simple tests to see if the R/R and stator are still good... I'm not sure if I should post more details about my misadventure in case our setups are much different. Service manual is probably the best place to get the procedure for your bike. Let me know if you don't get it running. If you do replace the battery all i can say is make sure you're getting about 14.5 volts across the battery terminals when the engine is running above 3krpm.
Good luck! I'll keep an eye out for your reply.
