Battery Problems

[ehhsee]

Hey guys, so I passed my test on the 28th (wooo :D) got the sv insured and all ready for the road.

I went to start her up, and she was struggling to fire (been sat for a couple of months), she finally started for about 3 seconds and then died.
I tried multiple times to start her, and as you can imagine the battery took quite a pounding.
Eventually, the battery gave up, and was totally out of juice.

So I put the battery on charge overnight last night, came home from work an hour ago, installed the battery again, and when I tried to start her she was making an electronic 'flickering' noise.'

Also, the headlights are very faint, and only the rear indicators work; the fronts don't come on at all.
I have my suspicions the battery is the same one since the bike rolled out of the factory.

Any help would be most appreciated.

It's such a bummer as today is a lovely day and I was looking forward to finally getting out on the old girl. :(

[Littlepeahead]

Mr LPH had exactly the same issue on his XJR1300 this weekend. Ended up paying £80 for a new battery. Advice from bike place in town was to avoid cheap batteries on eBay.

[rictus01]

there are several price bracket batteries out there, it all depends on what you have the budget for really the cheaper Dynavolt/atom ones come in at £25 ish, and are fine if regularly used, the Varta/Numax/Lucas ones are somewhere in the middle (£30-50)and if you have the money get a Yuasa (which is normally OEM for most bikes).

Pay your money make your choice.... :smt102

[ehhsee]

http://www.wemoto.com/bikes/suzuki/sv_650_sk2/02/picture/battery_motobatt_sealed_high_torque/

Seems okay, hopefully it will arrive sharpish!

[Skybaba]

Hey guys, so I passed my test on the 28th (wooo :D) got the sv insured and all ready for the road.

Hey Congrats on passing the test!!!!
So you got a Curvy.......nice choice :)