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Posted by CDNRatMan
- July 22, 2017, 17:20:46 PMTfrank59,
As you know I keep my ride in the living room all winter long, and during that time I am messing with the lights horns and such and adding and doing mods. Come Mar I put the battery on a tender and leave in on there till May when I am ready to start to ride. Like yourself I was not sure of how old the battery was so I took it in and had it load tested and bench test, I had the local shop do every test they could, and it passed with flying colours.......Worth the time and effort.
Glad your issue was a simple one.....
Posted by Tfrank59
- July 21, 2017, 23:07:39 PMFollow up: so I didn't bother bringing my old battery down to get it load tested. I just went ahead and bought a new battery and put it in and she fired right up. happy ending. thanks a lot!
Posted by Tfrank59
- July 17, 2017, 22:26:44 PMQuote from: aralph on July 17, 2017, 22:09:14 PMokay will do thanks!!!!!Hi Frank, battery can show fully charged but still not be able to take a load such as starting the bike.
Pull it again and take it to your local auto parts store and they should be able to test it properly with a load tester.
If it is good then make sure both connections are clean and tight and then the first thing to check is the frame ground at the
other end of the negative cable. If this is loose your battery will not get a charge also. If it is tight also then you move on to
look somewhere else. Hopefully it's that simple.aralph
Posted by aralph
- July 17, 2017, 22:09:14 PMHi Frank, battery can show fully charged but still not be able to take a load such as starting the bike.
Pull it again and take it to your local auto parts store and they should be able to test it properly with a load tester.
If it is good then make sure both connections are clean and tight and then the first thing to check is the frame ground at the
other end of the negative cable. If this is loose your battery will not get a charge also. If it is tight also then you move on to
look somewhere else. Hopefully it's that simple.
aralph
Posted by Tfrank59
- July 17, 2017, 21:40:50 PMUpdate. Well I just pulled the battery and threw my charger on it and within five minutes it was fully charged so that's not the problem. could it be the starter relay? electrical gurus please weigh in how can I check this if it's the starter or something between the battery and the starter?
Another update. So I just put the fully charged battery back in and tried it and I'm getting the same clicking sound right there in the electrical box to the right rear of the battery (what's in there? hard to access it) please help! Thanks!!
Posted by geewago
- July 17, 2017, 21:40:24 PMYou know what - I bet you need a new battery. 
Posted by Tfrank59
- July 17, 2017, 20:15:56 PMSo I was down at the Taco Shop and when I got ready to go home -- nothing, just a click click. It totally blindsided me. Fortunately I was able to push start the thing in second gear with no problem. I don't know how old the battery is I've had the Bike 2 years it's an 06 so I'm guessing the battery has seen better days and I'm going to replace it. Should I be checking something else like the charging system? I wouldn't know how to do that if you say I should, but if this helps the bike runs fine when you get it started so it must have been running off of the alternator?