Author Topic: battery (Read 3191 times)

b4cruz · « **on:** June 26, 2005, 08:24:25 PM »

I think I did it right: i didn't fry the black box or anything else electrical
I jumped the bike with the charging car off on the neg terminal and the
pos lead over the relay starter thing.

I trickle charge at these points too when I remember. I had to jump it because I forgot.

With the bigger bikes do your batteries start up reliably if the bike is only started up on the weekends without a trickle charge?

there's this upgrade but I feel I'd still need to trickle charge the bigger battery: http://www.patman.co.uk/sukbog/DIY/Batteries/batteries.html

Red01 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 26, 2005, 08:30:47 PM »

Linky no worky.

I've never put my bike on a trickle charger, even when it sits for a month between starts in winter. It was getting a little slow sometimes this winter, especially if I went a full 4 weeks between startups, but I chalk that up to the OEM battery being 4 years old now.

b4cruz · « **Reply #2 on:** June 26, 2005, 09:16:28 PM »

wow the b4 battery is way low on startups
sorry about the link, its fixed now

the b12 battery is slightly taller, but it couldn't be that much heavier

Red01 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 26, 2005, 09:22:53 PM »

Maybe it's just time for a new battery?

b4cruz · « **Reply #4 on:** June 26, 2005, 09:32:53 PM »

no its new, its just lots of short trips weekend only bike
i ran out of gas one night and held the starter down
to keep the vacuum open and fill the float bowls.

It holds voltage when I treat it properly