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Posted by greenbarn
- August 23, 2017, 22:13:05 PMQuote from: Tfrank59 on August 20, 2017, 20:47:33 PMWhich is why at that point it says to seek medical attention
LOL 
Posted by Tfrank59
- August 20, 2017, 20:47:33 PMWhich is why at that point it says to seek medical attention
Posted by greenbarn
- August 20, 2017, 15:11:12 PMQuote from: CDNRatMan on August 19, 2017, 23:28:55 PMYou keep the little guy charged up when not in use, does it hurt?
only after about 4 hours.... 
Posted by Bucko
- August 20, 2017, 00:02:22 AMBuy a good quality AGM battery and you'll never need a Battery Tender again. An AGM battery will loose about 1% of it's charger per month Even if you let it sit a year, it would still have plenty of power to start your bike.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- August 19, 2017, 23:28:55 PMYou keep the little guy charged up when not in use, does it hurt?
Tfrank59 I took my battery to Battery Battery and asked them about doing a load test and what ever else they could to let me know if the battery was in good shape, pretty cool, they hook it up and then flipped a switch and it was like a bike trying to start, then they did a couple of other things, can not remember it all, but it came back with a 100% good to go tag......
Posted by greenbarn
- August 19, 2017, 22:33:03 PMI'm a battery tender fan also. Keeps the little guy charged up when not in use.
One other thing to consider when push-starting... If the battery is completely dead, you won't get any spark, so it won't start.
Posted by OR Seedman
- July 24, 2017, 21:49:36 PMI got a tender with mine when I bought it last year....whenever the bike is going to sit for longer than a week, I hook it up to it....the previous owner left a connector plug hanging right under the edge of the seat on the left side (behind the choke cable pull), so it is out of the way but easy to reach....I keep all my research equipment on tenders all winter long....most of my atv and small tractor batteries last at least 3 times longer that way.....
Posted by Old Drifter
- July 22, 2017, 21:53:27 PMQuote from: Tfrank59 on July 22, 2017, 17:39:11 PMI's a good idea to plug in the battery tender/maintainer. I use mine whenever the bike is parked in the garage.The previous owner gave me a battery tender with my bike and it has the little pigtail to plug it in but I never bothered.
Posted by Tfrank59
- July 22, 2017, 17:39:11 PMYeah I like to think that I ride all winter and that's what keeps my bikes alive during the colder months, but we had so much rain this past winter that I could barely ever ride the thing. The previous owner gave me a battery tender with my bike and it has the little pigtail to plug it in but I never bothered. I think as long as I have a new battery I should be good for a while. One thing I learned through this episode is that I can actually pop start my bike in second gear which is pretty cool. I can't do that with my 1500 no way. Ratman I did not know you hibernate with your motorcycle
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. 