[Gazza77]

Originally Posted by hovis

i have left the bike for about 2½ weeks and the battery was flat (i got lights on,and it turned over, but not enough to start), so i put it on the optimate yesterday, and afer 3 hours i got 2 green lights, i thought that was quick, but nevermind

so it started fine last night, i just started it let it run for 30 secs, knocked it off, then started it again, then off

i was just about to go out, and the same problem, theres not enough life in the battery to start it, it was fine last night, so the battery has drained over night?

the battery is only about 6 months old, i fitted hotgrips about a moth ago, i have a meta 3 alarm

I managed to flatten the (tiny) battery on the Sprint by firing it up two or three times without moving it a while ago. It takes a huge amount of power out of the battery to crank it over, so if yours was only partly charged, perhaps simply starting it the once took a bit too much out of it.