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18-02-06, 10:21 AM

did you remember to pull in the clutch?

after a few weeks off the bike, us senile old buggers forget things

I bought a Datatool charger for £39 and found out it was senile dementure :P

19-02-06, 06:06 PM

Looks like it's the battery that is goosed. It wouldn't take a charge and when I rigged up a side light bulb to it, not a glimmer.

Weird, as I said before when you put a volt meter over it you get 12.5V then when you hook up the bulb....absolutly nothing!

I've never had a battery die on me like that before, it was just like switching off a light.

19-02-06, 07:47 PM

A healty 12V battery would actually give you 13.5V or more on a multimeter without load. 12V showing up on a multimeter shows it needs a charge. CHARGE IT!

20-02-06, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roy650s

It wouldn't take a charge

20-02-06, 07:42 PM

make sure you have the battery is toped up to its max with distilled water then charge it over night and try again if it stil dont work umm get a new one i guess.

21-02-06, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roy650s

Looks like it's the battery that is goosed. It wouldn't take a charge and when I rigged up a side light bulb to it, not a glimmer.

Weird, as I said before when you put a volt meter over it you get 12.5V then when you hook up the bulb....absolutly nothing!

I've never had a battery die on me like that before, it was just like switching off a light.

I had the same problem after my SV was off the road for a year after a crash. The battery would not hold it's charge... I found that the quickest way to check that almost everything else is working is by using jump leads and connecting to another bike's or even a car's battery and trying to start it. If it starts first time, chances are that it's a dead battery.

01-03-06, 06:33 PM

Put a new battery on it....everthing's cool. Very strange.

01-03-06, 08:37 PM

Hey all,

If the battery can't even light a lamp the it's had it's chip. As someone said, just because you have voltage it doesn't mean you have amp's. This is phantom voltage, a meter will tell you that you have voltage but as soon as you have load on the circuit it will disappear.

God the superbikes were good.

19-02-06, 06:06 PM	#12
Roy650s Guest Posts: n/a	resolved..... Looks like it's the battery that is goosed. It wouldn't take a charge and when I rigged up a side light bulb to it, not a glimmer. Weird, as I said before when you put a volt meter over it you get 12.5V then when you hook up the bulb....absolutly nothing! I've never had a battery die on me like that before, it was just like switching off a light.

01-03-06, 06:33 PM	#17
Roy650s Guest Posts: n/a	FIXED Put a new battery on it....everthing's cool. Very strange.

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18-02-06, 10:21 AM	#11
wheelnut Guest Posts: n/a	did you remember to pull in the clutch? after a few weeks off the bike, us senile old buggers forget things I bought a Datatool charger for £39 and found out it was senile dementure :P

19-02-06, 07:47 PM	#13
zunkus Guest Posts: n/a	A healty 12V battery would actually give you 13.5V or more on a multimeter without load. 12V showing up on a multimeter shows it needs a charge. CHARGE IT!

20-02-06, 07:42 PM	#15
didge Guest Posts: n/a	make sure you have the battery is toped up to its max with distilled water then charge it over night and try again if it stil dont work umm get a new one i guess.

01-03-06, 08:37 PM	#18
longer Guest Posts: n/a	Hey all, If the battery can't even light a lamp the it's had it's chip. As someone said, just because you have voltage it doesn't mean you have amp's. This is phantom voltage, a meter will tell you that you have voltage but as soon as you have load on the circuit it will disappear. God the superbikes were good.