Why did my bikes battery die??? Spot the idoit - SV650.org

07-06-06, 09:57 PM

This afternoon i popped down to Looe (from Torpoint, Devon) during my split shift from work, bike started fine, no probs

After 10 mins buying a new pair of sun glasses, i went back to the bike, pressed the starter button and..................nothing.....dead as a doe doe

I knew what was wrong by that point as i fitted a fan to my reg/rec (50x50x10 fits perfectly) yesterday afternoon so i rang the RAC to come and give me a jump start, then i waited.....and waited............and waited (it must of been about 25c today and i was waiting in a car park with no shade)...and waited..........i used £6.45 of credit chasing the RAC to find out what was going on......and waited some more, in fact it was over 4 hours

until they arrived, which considering they told me the second time i spoke to them the wait was 2-3 hours, i was a little annoyed, but the fourth time i spoke to them (at 6.20pm) they said the bloke was 20 mins away.

At 7.40 pm the man arrived and asked what i needed, so i told him i needed a jump start and he had no clue what so ever as to how to jump start a bike from a donor battery

so i showed him

Got back to work at 8pm, 2 hours late and after firstly ringing the RAC at 3.26pm

After work a mate jumped started the bike so i could get home, racing the dark because if i put the lights on, the bike would cut out (but re-bump itself back to life), checked the charging system and the battery was at 10.6v with no difference with the bike running

So guess what the problem was

21QUEST · 07-06-06, 10:07 PM

Oh FFS not one them 'guess the problem' again

.

Go on then , make me night

Cheers
Ben

07-06-06, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 21QUEST

Oh FFS not one them 'guess the problem' again

.

Go on then , make me night

Cheers
Ben

Well i found the cause and fixed the problem..........the main problem was me being a forgetful idiot

but the other problem was...................?

07-06-06, 10:10 PM

cut out switch?

07-06-06, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.kneedown

cut out switch?

Nope, try again

07-06-06, 10:16 PM

I was going to say 'heated grips', but it's hardly the weather for them.

So - parking light?

21QUEST · 07-06-06, 10:16 PM

Left the fan running

Cheers
Ben

07-06-06, 10:17 PM

hmmm... alarm/immobiliser

07-06-06, 10:18 PM

nope nope and nope

07-06-06, 10:22 PM

hmmm.....hadnt turn ignition on

- dam running out of ideas

07-06-06, 09:57 PM	#1
svrash Guest Posts: n/a	Why did my bikes battery die??? Spot the idoit This afternoon i popped down to Looe (from Torpoint, Devon) during my split shift from work, bike started fine, no probs After 10 mins buying a new pair of sun glasses, i went back to the bike, pressed the starter button and..................nothing.....dead as a doe doe I knew what was wrong by that point as i fitted a fan to my reg/rec (50x50x10 fits perfectly) yesterday afternoon so i rang the RAC to come and give me a jump start, then i waited.....and waited............and waited (it must of been about 25c today and i was waiting in a car park with no shade)...and waited..........i used £6.45 of credit chasing the RAC to find out what was going on......and waited some more, in fact it was over 4 hours until they arrived, which considering they told me the second time i spoke to them the wait was 2-3 hours, i was a little annoyed, but the fourth time i spoke to them (at 6.20pm) they said the bloke was 20 mins away. At 7.40 pm the man arrived and asked what i needed, so i told him i needed a jump start and he had no clue what so ever as to how to jump start a bike from a donor battery so i showed him Got back to work at 8pm, 2 hours late and after firstly ringing the RAC at 3.26pm After work a mate jumped started the bike so i could get home, racing the dark because if i put the lights on, the bike would cut out (but re-bump itself back to life), checked the charging system and the battery was at 10.6v with no difference with the bike running So guess what the problem was

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07-06-06, 10:10 PM	#4
Mr.kneedown Guest Posts: n/a	cut out switch?

07-06-06, 10:16 PM	#6
wyrdness Guest Posts: n/a	I was going to say 'heated grips', but it's hardly the weather for them. So - parking light?

07-06-06, 10:17 PM	#8
Mr.kneedown Guest Posts: n/a	hmmm... alarm/immobiliser

07-06-06, 10:18 PM	#9
svrash Guest Posts: n/a	nope nope and nope

07-06-06, 10:22 PM	#10
Mr.kneedown Guest Posts: n/a	hmmm.....hadnt turn ignition on - dam running out of ideas