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anna · 11-11-05, 12:12 PM

.......need a new bike battery as had to call people out this morning for home start (couple of hours late for work grrrrr) and not sure if it will start tonight for me now! ~ charged it up on sunday and it has lost all charge since then so it's definately the battery....

any one know how much this is going to set me back ?

11-11-05, 12:18 PM

Bloody heck you have some serious bad luck with your bike dont ya?

Don't know how much one will set you back but can't imagine its too much.

Good luck and hope its the last thing that goes wrong.

11-11-05, 12:19 PM

About £40 from Halfords.

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anna · 11-11-05, 12:20 PM

It is due to go into the garage on monday as well for front fork oil and seals to be done!! (this is one expensive bike!!)

Sid Squid · 11-11-05, 01:31 PM

Since you charged it has the bike been used regularly? If no it could well be a duff battery, if yes then even an aged battery should have been constantly recharged by your running the bike, get the garage to check that the charging system is functioning correctly. The SV has a reputation for knackered regulator-rectifiers, (that's the 'leccy bit that takes the alternator current and converts it for battery charging).

11-11-05, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Jelster

About £40 from Halfords.

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£30ish from balddood

anna · 11-11-05, 09:03 PM

okay seriously not having a good bike day... rode up to Halfords and they dont stock SV bike batteries... phoned Fowlers and they charge £55 for them!!

... tried to get to them before they closed and missed them by minutes!!! <sulk>

12-11-05, 08:49 PM

Anna, honey, you are not alone! My SV seems to eat batteries. Got a new one from my local mechanic who looks after my bike in the summer (£25ish). The battery went flat about a fortnight ago and spent the night on the Optimiser, ran fine until I went out to her this morning (sun out, roads quite dry) and the d**ned thing was flat again. When I hooked it up to the Optimiser it showed it was half charged but within a couple of hours it was fully charged. Looks like I'm about to get onto battery No. 3 and I've only had the bike just over a year. Mind, she does live outside and the temp is dropping!

12-11-05, 08:59 PM

The idea of an optimiser is to have the Battery connected while you are not using the bike as the battery discharges the charger trips in to help keep the batttery at optimum health.
Batterys when not used deteriorate so if you do not use your bike regulary keep it on the optimiser

12-11-05, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Claire

Anna, honey, you are not alone! My SV seems to eat batteries. Got a new one from my local mechanic who looks after my bike in the summer (£25ish). The battery went flat about a fortnight ago and spent the night on the Optimiser, ran fine until I went out to her this morning (sun out, roads quite dry) and the d**ned thing was flat again. When I hooked it up to the Optimiser it showed it was half charged but within a couple of hours it was fully charged. Looks like I'm about to get onto battery No. 3 and I've only had the bike just over a year. Mind, she does live outside and the temp is dropping!

bloody hell! Ive managed 36k miles on one battery. and mine lives outside and uncovered and not had a hint of a problem with it. Then it was the battery which replaced the one I originally had as the faulty rectifier fried that one.

does the bike get used daily? if not that may have something to do with it. if the bikes not keeping charge its what emperor etc squid said, possibly faulty rectifier.

11-11-05, 12:12 PM	#1
anna Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tower Hamlets but with Shutters on the windows Posts: 1,522	bike battery .......need a new bike battery as had to call people out this morning for home start (couple of hours late for work grrrrr) and not sure if it will start tonight for me now! ~ charged it up on sunday and it has lost all charge since then so it's definately the battery.... any one know how much this is going to set me back ?

11-11-05, 01:31 PM	#5
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Since you charged it has the bike been used regularly? If no it could well be a duff battery, if yes then even an aged battery should have been constantly recharged by your running the bike, get the garage to check that the charging system is functioning correctly. The SV has a reputation for knackered regulator-rectifiers, (that's the 'leccy bit that takes the alternator current and converts it for battery charging). __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

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11-11-05, 12:18 PM	#2
carlos Guest Posts: n/a	Bloody heck you have some serious bad luck with your bike dont ya? Don't know how much one will set you back but can't imagine its too much. Good luck and hope its the last thing that goes wrong.

11-11-05, 12:19 PM	#3
Jelster Guest Posts: n/a	About £40 from Halfords. .

11-11-05, 12:20 PM	#4
anna Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tower Hamlets but with Shutters on the windows Posts: 1,522	It is due to go into the garage on monday as well for front fork oil and seals to be done!! (this is one expensive bike!!)

11-11-05, 09:03 PM	#7
anna Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tower Hamlets but with Shutters on the windows Posts: 1,522	okay seriously not having a good bike day... rode up to Halfords and they dont stock SV bike batteries... phoned Fowlers and they charge £55 for them!! ... tried to get to them before they closed and missed them by minutes!!! <sulk>

12-11-05, 08:49 PM	#8
Claire Guest Posts: n/a	Anna, honey, you are not alone! My SV seems to eat batteries. Got a new one from my local mechanic who looks after my bike in the summer (£25ish). The battery went flat about a fortnight ago and spent the night on the Optimiser, ran fine until I went out to her this morning (sun out, roads quite dry) and the d**ned thing was flat again. When I hooked it up to the Optimiser it showed it was half charged but within a couple of hours it was fully charged. Looks like I'm about to get onto battery No. 3 and I've only had the bike just over a year. Mind, she does live outside and the temp is dropping!

12-11-05, 08:59 PM	#9
RWR Guest Posts: n/a	The idea of an optimiser is to have the Battery connected while you are not using the bike as the battery discharges the charger trips in to help keep the batttery at optimum health. Batterys when not used deteriorate so if you do not use your bike regulary keep it on the optimiser