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Posted by Varooom
- April 19, 2010, 06:29:14 AMYou might try getting an ammeter and hooking it to the circuit to see if there's electricity leaving the battery when nothing is on. Sounds like you have something that slowly drains your battery.
If nothing is, you have a dying battery that holds a charge for a bit and then loses it. If the voltage is 12+ when the bike is off and 13+ when it's running the alternator and battery are probably good.
Good luck,
Varoom
Posted by pcarrell
- April 18, 2010, 22:00:10 PMOK, so I guess it's my turn to host Murphy for while.
Last Sunday, my battery was dead when I went to start the bike. The bike had sat all weekend, and that Murphy guy took the chance to slip into my garage.
Now, this battery is almost exactly a year old, so it should be good. The terminals are clean, connections good, etc, etc.......
So, I threw it on the trickle charger for a few hours and the bike started right up. I checked everything out, and realized that the headlight was out. I happened to have a spare bulb, so I threw that in and all was good. I figured that was the cause of the problem and wrote it off. (I'm not so good with electrical, ya know?) I charged the battery overnight, and in the morning, rode away happy.
The bike ran fine all week, so I figured it was behind me.................And then Murphy showed up again!
The bike sat all weekend, and then this evening I went to go for a ride. You guessed it! Dead again! And the headlight still works.
The bike turns over for a second, then gives the dead battery clicking sound. The clock goes to 1:00, and the trip odometer resets to 0.
So, ya think the battery is toast, or is it something else?