hey guys. just finished rebuilding my bike from the frame up. just attempted to start my bike for the first time and it will not run. it is having a hard time turning over. it will try but just wont keep turning. anybody have any ideas? trickle charger says battery is charged and even hooked it up while attempting to start the bike. here is a video of that attempt
https://youtu.be/0eqt93RR04M?list=PLc2PpUKoQFx9gpkG93sLDMMxXQhgzAKyr
Sounds like the battery is toast, if it is laboring that hard, there is no doubt in my mind there is not enough voltage left to saturate the coils (no spark) also, connections? :dunno_black:
connections look fine. the battery sat out all winter long in my garage at freeziung temps and was even really low on fluid. added distilled water and took like 12 hours for it to say it was charged.. its prob toast.. any battery you siggest? can i just bring my old one to autozone or walmart and fine one the same size
Someone will chime in on battery's, I believe an AGM is a good choice? Not sure what peps are buying for their GS's :dunno_black:
Do you have a voltage meter?
Harbor Freight gives them away for free regularly with coupons. They are only $5 without a coupon. Then You'll know if you need a new battery. (It sounds like you do)
A 12 volt battery should actually hold about 12.8-12.9 fully charged. 12.5 is LOW. My GS doesn't like to start with less then 12.45 or so.
Either buy a nice sealed battery like an oddessy from some place like batterymart.com or buy a cheap battery from advance auto/ walmat/ what ever. The nice batteries are about $120, "cheap" batteries are closer to $50. The sealed batteries are maintenance free and generally last 2-4 times longer then old school lead acid batteries.
lol, thats 100% a dead battery.
just give it a re-charge. if it doesn't hold charge then you got something slowly draining the battery, or the battery itself is bad.
Quote from: J_Walker on April 02, 2015, 10:48:01 AM
lol, thats 100% a dead battery.
just give it a re-charge. if it doesn't hold charge then you got something slowly draining the battery, or the battery itself is bad.
You don't know that without a volt meter. The battery could be fine. It could be internally corroded battery cables. It could be something in the starter motor windings. It's
probably the battery. . .but that's not 100%. Why throw $ into parts you may not need when you can use a $5-$10 tool (that if you don't already own will come in handy in the future) to check and see what part needs to be replaced?