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Posted by DC
 - September 08, 2013, 16:12:37 PM

So I rode in to work on Friday.  I came out to ride home, turned the key, pushed the starter button, and click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click.

So I'm wondering what's going on. . . . . bad battery, short, loose connection?  I checked the battery terminals and everything was tight.  But I pulled on the Battery Tender line and the cap was off the end, exposing the metal contact.  So then I think maybe this either shorted to ground or a battery terminal.  So I put the cap on, let the bike sit for a while, then tried starting it every few minutes.  After waiting about 15 minutes altogether, one of those click-click-click-click sessions turned into a turnover and it started.  So I figured that's all it was.  The bike was running, but the battery was weak.  I had to keep the revs higher than normal to keep it from dying.  I rode home on the back roads and figured it would be fully charged by the time I got home.  When I got home, I put it on the battery tender over night.

The next day, Saturday, I took it off the tender, and got ready to start it, hoping to go to a bike meet that afternoon/night.  I went to turn it over and click-click-click-click-click-click-click.  I tried a minute later and it turned over. Again, I checked the bat leads and tender leads. . nothing out of the ordinary.  I let it run a while at higher idle in the garage trying to decide whether or not to take it to the meet.  I decided not to, not wanting get stranded and have a three ring circus trying to get my bike home.  I left it on the tender again last night.

This morning I tried starting it and it fired right up.  So I figured again, maybe all it needs is lots of riding to charge it.  So I ran around doing errands and such.  Toward the end though. . . click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click, and then it finally turned over.

So I'm at a loss as to what the problem could be.  Any ideas?

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