Bandit Alley
GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MECHANICAL & TECHNICAL => Topic started by: b4cruz on June 26, 2005, 08:24:25 PM
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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
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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.
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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
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Maybe it's just time for a new battery?
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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