starting issue: drains battery, cranks, but doesn´t start

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starting issue: drains battery, cranks, but doesn´t start

starting issue: drains battery, cranks, but doesn´t start 
moe said 2011-05-25 04:03 
 
just bought this bike, and it was starting fine the same night, then later on the same night, wouldn´t start, and it drained the battery, so i took out battery and put it on 5 hour charge the next morning, it charged fully, put it back, bike started, took it on highway for 10 min, came back to gas station left it running for 10 min and it slowly sounded like it was dying so went to open throttle little bit, and it sputtered and died!! :@

Tried starting to no avail, and it drained the battery eventually!
My mechanic is looking at it, he said the spark plugs were covered in oil, and he changed those, now hes looking for other issues..saying how it could be the stator or the electrifier ruglator or somthing...

anyway...if anyone can please assist me b/c the price for those 2 parts is like $300 he said, and how do i know if thats the issue and not something else! 
 
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