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15-01-09, 08:56 PM

hi everyone. i am after some advice regarding my battery. i have a 1999 curvy and the battery was going flat. i put a volt meter on it and it read that while running the bike was putting 13.0 v through the battery. even so it kept going flat, so i presumed the battery was knackered and bought a new one. i charged it up for 6-7 hours last night and went out for an hour with normal head light on etc with occassional full beam. i went to work in the dark this morning, light on again on a 20 minute journey. i came out from work and the battery was flat again. surely the battery should last longer than this ?
what is my next move as this is starting to annoy me and could you tell me approx cost.

cheers if you can help. jim.

15-01-09, 08:56 PM	#1
jimc Guest Posts: n/a	flat battery hi everyone. i am after some advice regarding my battery. i have a 1999 curvy and the battery was going flat. i put a volt meter on it and it read that while running the bike was putting 13.0 v through the battery. even so it kept going flat, so i presumed the battery was knackered and bought a new one. i charged it up for 6-7 hours last night and went out for an hour with normal head light on etc with occassional full beam. i went to work in the dark this morning, light on again on a 20 minute journey. i came out from work and the battery was flat again. surely the battery should last longer than this ? what is my next move as this is starting to annoy me and could you tell me approx cost. cheers if you can help. jim.