I cant get my head around this, so hope someone can help. I started my bike off electric start last night, rode just under 2 miles, turned bike off, went to turn bike back on and my battery was dead, had no battery power at all, had to kick bike over, rode for another 6 miles in the hope she may have regained some charge but no luck, i know now that i will need to buy a new battery, but will any of you guys give me a suggestion within regards to a fault in my bike? Just want to do some fault finding first to see if i have any other problems as i will be working on it. Dont want to buy a new battery and that one die a few weeks later due to a fault somewhere Thanks
Make sure your leads are clean/tidy (remove any corrosio/tarnish-re-connect applying petroleum jelly to terminsls) make sure your not overloading it with extra fitments! make sure your rectifier's o.k. fit right match! overcharging it = hot or fluid level falls make sure fuse o.k./right one check bike in main earthed properly! check wiring for breaks (esp.when free to move easily/kinked/compressed/frayed/ancient!) check switches (continuity) starter relay check make sure free as can be (esp.'round steering head) don't use starter more than 10's at a time (lead to burnout) . battery maintenence is much more important/winter. make sure you have correct/flow charger!! Probaly could say more,but hope this helps/little. .
if you have a multimeter, check your voltages before, and after starting. if you have a higher voltage when running, the chances are more likly to be the battery..
Battery isnt holding charge properly, but it was my fuse, only figured when i realised that i had no horn or indicators, thanks for the help guys, much appreciated
