How to get to the battery (SV650)

[MachoNacho852]

Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and plan to stick around a lot. I have a quick question to start off with.

I have a 2002 SV650 and its winter time right now. I am putting in some gas treatment for the cold times and after its sat for some time the battery has almost died on me. I dont have the owners manual for the bike and I cant find the way to get to the battery anywhere. If anyone could help me out with this it would be awesome!

BTW, I will be posting pictures, videos, and facts about my bike and what I have done to it soon. This place looks like a nice site for the SV lovers out there.

Thanks everyone.:cheers:

[yorkie_chris]

It's simple enough:

Little black side panels, take those off (4mm allen key)
Undo seat bolts (6mm allen key)
Lift seat off
Lift out fusebox tray

Theres your battery.


And welcome :-D
Please don't feed the bear

[hovis]

. This place looks like a nice site for the SV lovers out there.

Thanks everyone.:cheers:

nah.......... its rubbish;)



remove the 2 black side panels just below the seat with an allen key, then you will see allen key bolts to remove the seat, the battery can then be got to


PS hello & welcome

[MachoNacho852]

Wow, didnt think I would get an answer so fast. Thanks guys. Will tell you how it goes.

[hovis]

Wow, didnt think I would get an answer so fast. Thanks guys. Will tell you how it goes.

your welcome

on the side pannels you may, or may not have little plastic rivet thingys holding them in place as well as the allen key bolts, dont worry though as they dont rely do much

[dizzyblonde]

oh and your bike will bite you in the proceeds of pulling out her heart. mine always bites my fingernails in revenge.
oh and welcome.....the bears cuddly, you can feed him, just not after midnight

[MachoNacho852]

Well I got to the battery and its charging as we speak. It went much smoother then I thought. Only took about 30 seconds to unscrew everything. Thanks for the help.

[DarrenSV650S]

oh and your bike will bite you in the proceeds of pulling out her heart. mine always bites my fingernails in revenge.
oh and welcome.....the bears cuddly, you can feed him, just not after midnightThe heart of my sv is the engine:)

[Durbs]

Well I got to the battery and its charging as we speak. It went much smoother then I thought. Only took about 30 seconds to unscrew everything. Thanks for the help.

If your battery is in the habit of losing its charge then its a good idea to invest in an Optimate III charger as this comes with a lead that you can fix to your battery and feed the other end through to the rear seat compartment. This makes it even easier to put onto charge as theres no unscrewing involved, just a key turn. Just got one for mine and its a godsend!

[Luckypants]

+1 for Optimate. They are great.

[G]

I got one of these Optimate III for my christmas from my girlfriends dad :cool:

Not had the chance to rig it up yet, this was going to be one of my questions, i guess its the same for the pointy.

I havnt looked yet, but is there a way to get the wires provided to reach to under the seat cowel, so the main seat doesnt need to be removed every time to hook it up.

[Luckypants]

I havnt looked yet, but is there a way to get the wires provided to reach to under the seat cowel, so the main seat doesnt need to be removed every time to hook it up.

On my curvy I just fed the wire with the connector plug under the rear bodywork to the area under the rear seat / cowl. Was then easy to access. I think you can do the same on a pointy. SpeedyClaire has just fitted hers so the weatherproof plug comes out near the rear brake lever.

[Durbs]

I havnt looked yet, but is there a way to get the wires provided to reach to under the seat cowel, so the main seat doesnt need to be removed every time to hook it up.

Yep, hooked it up on my pointy and its a no brainer. If you open the battery compartment you'll see how easy it is to feed through to the rear compartment, loads of space.

Just be careful if you have an alarm fitted when connecting up the optimate leads. Remember to put it in service mode or it'll think its being nicked!

[maultin]

Welcome to the forum MachoNacho852.

glad its not just me that found it impossible to work out for myself how to get at the battery - some of you might remember me posting pretty much the same question about 3 weeks ago when my battery needed changing.

Alan

[MachoNacho852]

Well I got the battery charged and started up the bike. I forgot how loud the thing was lol. It was about 16F degrees outside but I still took it for a quick spin around the roads. Quite cold but still fun.