I had my gs on a battery charger all day yesterday because it was dead from being stored over the winter (forgot to hook up the tender). Last night I was trying to start it up, it cranked for a while which is typical after prolonged storage. Then I heard a loud pop and the bike went dead. No electrical power at all. It still gets power (everything lights up) when I connect jumper cables but its not getting any power from the battery.

Anybody have any ideas? I don't even know where to start. I checked the 20a fuse on the right side of the bike and it was fine but I couldn't find any other fuses to check. Any help would be appreciated because my car broke down the other day so I currently have no transportation. The fact that jumpers work leads me to believe that it may be my battery. Could my battery just have spectacularly crapped out?

is it a sealed or unsealed battery?

unsealed battery

Ok so I'm pretty sure it's the battery. I just jump started the bike from my car and the it started up and ran no problem.

Your battery needs to push about 200 amps. A lot of chargers dont have that sorta capacity. A new battery is in order I guess.
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Quote from: plurpimpin on May 19, 2011, 08:21:26 AM
Ok so I'm pretty sure it's the battery. I just jump started the bike from my car and the it started up and ran no problem.

yea sounds like it to me.   If its unsealed, top it off with distilled water and try to charge it again. 


You are probably better off just getting a new sealed one.  80 bucks or so I think.

I think a lot of forum members recommend the Scorpion battery, 54 shipped here:

http://www.batterystuff.com/batteries/motorcycle/sYT10L-A2.html

your GS is a 98E ?