flat battery

You need to get yourself a new multimeter. And maybe get a buddy to show you how it works.

But do as you say you will. The lights which indicates when a battery is fully charged are not always reliable, so just keep charging.

If it isn't the grips nor the lack of charging time, you would probably be looking for a new battery.

Happy charging!

[Stu]

WTF Hovis you have an optimate & you left your bike for 2&1/2 weeks without connecting it.

I don't know how you could go that long without riding your bike anyway, I would be climbing the walls.

Originally Posted by Stu

WTF Hovis you have an optimate & you left your bike for 2&1/2 weeks without connecting it.

I don't know how you could go that long without riding your bike anyway, I would be climbing the walls.

yeah......... i thought it would be ok, i was tempted at times,

but what with the wedding/stag night/work/collage/bad weather and hangovers, i just did not have the time

[Stu]

Originally Posted by hovis

i just did not have the time

277 posts on the org since you posted on the Battery thread 2 & 1/2 weeks ago. Yeah I can see you just didn't have the time to plug it in

Originally Posted by Stu

277 posts on the org since you posted on the Battery thread 2 & 1/2 weeks ago. Yeah I can see you just didn't have the time to plug it in

i said i have not had time to go out on the bike, not i have not had time to connect optimate

i did not think it would need optimate after just 2½ weeks


anywho, i can always find time for you and the rest of the org

[fizzwheel]

I've had this with a knackered battery, the optimate shows green lights and says the batteries OK, but the battery isnt man enough to start the bike.

I let the alarm completely flatten the battery over last winter. It knackered the battery and it wouldnt hold any charge and I had to buy a new battery.

I'm wandering if the same thing has happened to your battery. The gel batteries dont like being fully discharged they dont recover from it IIRC.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I've had this with a knackered battery, the optimate shows green lights and says the batteries OK, but the battery isnt man enough to start the bike.

I let the alarm completely flatten the battery over last winter. It knackered the battery and it wouldnt hold any charge and I had to buy a new battery.

I'm wandering if the same thing has happened to your battery. The gel batteries dont like being fully discharged they dont recover from it IIRC.

possilbly yes....... but im shocked a 6 month old battery gives up after just 2 weeks of not being used

i will leave over night on optimate, then take it for a spin for an hour or 2 tomorow, then i will have to leave it for the weekend, as im away, i wont connect the optimate , cos if its flat when i get back i will get a new battery

[Stu]

I don't have an optimate, & my zx7R will last at least a couple of weeks between use. But from what 600+ says looks like you just connect the optimate every day anyway unless you commute every day on it.

If I was you I would keep it connected from now to over the w/e & see how it is.

Originally Posted by Stu

If I was you I would keep it connected from now to over the w/e & see how it is.

i could do that, though that would mean leaving it on for nearly a week, but thats what they are for, right

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by hovis

i could do that, though that would mean leaving it on for nearly a week, but thats what they are for, right

Yep. Dad leaves his on his Fazer all the time, He doenst ride it much so it he leaves it on the optimate so he doesnt have to worry about the battery being flat when he goes to ride it.