Battery draining - Help

[PaulyMac]

For the last two days my bike doesn't want to turn over in the morning and when I come out of work. It sounds like the battery is dead and it'll start fairly easy on bump in second gear. Two weeks ago I changed the front indies and its been running ok since then and now all of sudden this happens. Coincidence? Anything else I should look out for?

[plowsie]

Is there a dodgy ticking sound?

[PaulyMac]

hhhmmmmm......now that you mention it, there is a slight ticking sound that I dont remember hearing before.......

[peanut]

Could be the regulator.

They have a habit of giving up at inopportune moments.

[plowsie]

Mine used to do this quite a lot because i didnt use it because i didnt have a licence to ride mine. My alarm used to drain it. Do you leave it and not use it say over weekends? Have you left the parking lights on maybe?

[PaulyMac]

I use it for work everyday, its a 15 mile ride there and back. No alarm and the lights are switched off when shes parked up. And the parking lights aint on either.

I fudging hate :smt067 suzuki regulators !!!

[plowsie]

hmm sounds bit dodgy, when i had this problem i bought a optimiser from HG for 25 ish squid. Still if you dont know what is causing the problems you may wanna check everything out or take it to a garage. I took the battery to halfords to have it checked for dead cells.

[hovis]

what bike is it?

[PaulyMac]

Oh, its curvey '00 S

[hovis]

yellow?

it does sound as if its the regulater

[PaulyMac]

Tis blue, with a hint of yellow! I must get round to taking a piccies.
Now wheres that ebay link for a regulator.......:smt024

[hovis]

you might be lucky to pick a used one up off ebay for about £20 but you might be unlucky then cos its forked.

i got a new suzuki one for £70 i think u can get aftermarket ones for £50

HTH

[biccy g]

I also have the ticking under the seat problem on my SV, it only happens occaisonaly but is very annoying. I have just looked around for a regulator on ebay and there are a few around.... what do the regulators actually do, sorry if its a noob question..

[John Burt]

The regulator is combined with the rectifier in a sealed unit, this takes the three phase alternating output of the generator(alternator), and converts it into Direct Current- regulated to keep the batterycharged. I believe Honda 4 wire ones can be made to fit, the SVs reg/rect is a knpwn weak point, some people have had sucess extending the life of them by fitting cooling fans.

[PaulyMac]

I went through 3 regulator/redtifers on my 400 gixer, in a little over 3 years.

[plowsie]

if it was that on mine the problem has dissapearred now :S

[Sid Squid]

How old is your battery? They don't last forever.
Search my name and regulator/rectifier/charging system checks, lots on here from me.
The regulator rectifier of the SV isn't weak particularly - the vast majority of owners never have any problems with theirs, it is perhaps a little more common with SVs than many bikes though. Anyhoo, fitting a fan does nothing, most of them don't fail so how someone can claim theirs lasted longer with a fan as it most likely wasn't going to fail anyway.

[PaulyMac]

Ok, so bike didnt start after work yesterday, again. But started first time this morning on the first push of the button.....:-k

[plowsie]

Sounds like mine. Needs a big ride thats what helped mine.

Thing was when it was doin what you are saying mine started then i would have to blip the throttle and hope to god that it would catch the choke, sometimes it would cut out and that would be it. Turn your lights of for when you start it up. This helped mine.

[PaulyMac]

any excuse for a rip round the country side I suppose!!