2007 GS500F. Battery continually dies and the bike idles and keeps dying. Help!

[Ddub410]

so i literally charged it for 24 hours, battery is working fine now, guess it just takes a lot to charge the thing with that charger. too bad I had bought a new battery already to see if it was the bike or battery. guess there is nothing wrong with having an extra sit around. Where should i store that?

[Ddub410]

No, you can't get off the hook that easy.  You actually have to try some stuff... like run jumper cables from a car and try running the bike, does it still die? Try charging the battery outside of the bike, etc. Seriously if you were local (and maybe you are), I'd buy your "worthless" bike for something ridiculously low, put a new battery in it, and sell it for a thousand more the following week. Batteries and fiddling are cheap, and you'll learn a lot about your bike. If you want something that "just works," sell the GS and buy a Civic.

I got it running, needed to charge for a full day for some reason. I am going to have it checked out to make sure there are no other problems causing this. I gave you a great price its far from worthless. I'll stick with my sti limited and bimmer 335 twin turbo.....civic lol. didn't need that kind of response bro.

[marcusk]

LMAO @ civic .... They are bullet proof I bought one for 50 bucks and used it as a paddock basher for years it would sit in the paddock at my dads property for months at a time take down a battery and some fuel and you where off.... it still there he sold the place a year ago should have made the effort to go get the little car.     


Good luck with the bike mate

[pandymai]

... I'll stick with my sti limited and bimmer 335 twin turbo.....civic lol. didn't need that kind of response bro.

and i dont need people throwin money around either =P

very nice cars though. respect. almost surprised someone with money to burn would pick up a gs500 though.. but i guess it's going to your wife? what do you ride?

[Ddub410]

I think it is a perfect commuter bike and want my wife to ride it. I am looking to get a LE triumph daytona 675 in the blue and white. I don't throw money around trust me. Those are nice cars but nothing at all where I come from. I started on a GS because I think its a safe bike to start on. I got an unreal deal on this one and would like my wife to start riding it. She only has ridden dirt bikes but I would like her to come with me on rides on the road. i know plenty of people with much more money than me that start on 250's or 500's. Its just smart. Starting on a supersport is nuts to me. I saw a kid flip his cbr 600rr popping a wheelie cause he had no throttle control and the bike toppled on to him killed him instantly.

[Ddub410]

... I'll stick with my sti limited and bimmer 335 twin turbo.....civic lol. didn't need that kind of response bro.

and i dont need people throwin money around either =P

very nice cars though. respect. almost surprised someone with money to burn would pick up a gs500 though.. but i guess it's going to your wife? what do you ride?

I don't have money to burn my friend. Wish I did. The bimmer was given to me from a family member who got a brain tumor and passed on and he knew I loved it. He had just retired. The STI I got before I got into motorcycles but in no way does that make me a good rider so I started on a GS and think she should too