Electrical problems

[young1]

When Phreaky Phil and I tripped around the South Island at new year I had to get a new battery in Dunedin as one morning the battery said enough and all I heard when I pushed the starter button was "click".

So a new battery in January.

I have not ridden the bike much this year (the NBA ride next weekend is going to be the first ride of more than one hour all year - I have been busy alright!). Last weekend I went to start it and got the dreaded "click" lights on, but not enough for the starter. So I put it on the charger overnight. Next morning charger shows green light so all good (I didn't try to start it). Friday morning get on to start it and "click" again.

Yesterday I put it back on the charger, from the charger showing that it had nothing it went to fully charged in 2 hours (it normally takes a lot longer than that. So I got straight on, it turned the engine over for maybe 2 beats and that was it. I wacked the charger back on and it showed that the battery was dead!

Battery problem you think?

[Padmei]

Battery is probably rooted - won't hold charge. Try to start with a batt booster but check if any accesories aren't turned on that could drain battery.
If you can,borrow another fully charged battery & leave in overnite to see if there is a drain from somewhere- I doubt it tho. let us know...

[young1]

Battery is probably rooted - won't hold charge. Try to start with a batt booster but check if any accesories aren't turned on that could drain battery.
If you can,borrow another fully charged battery & leave in overnite to see if there is a drain from somewhere- I doubt it tho. let us know...

The extra accessories are a GPS mount (GPS is not on there at the moment) and heated handgrips that I have recently put on, but due to battery problems, I have not felt working yet. I wonder if they could be sucking some charge somehow?

[Padmei]

The extra accessories are a GPS mount (GPS is not on there at the moment) and heated handgrips that I have recently put on, but due to battery problems, I have not felt working yet. I wonder if they could be sucking some charge somehow?

Unplug them & see. If your battery has been sitting flat then it won't recover.

[junkmanjoe]

The extra accessories are a GPS mount (GPS is not on there at the moment) and heated handgrips that I have recently put on, but due to battery problems, I have not felt working yet. I wonder if they could be sucking some charge somehow?

have you wired the heat grips through the key and a relay or bypass the key..

i have a two 12volt acc plugs, one through the key wiring and one bypass straight to batt, the second one caught me out one time i forgot to turn of my gps and killed my batt...so ive fixed that one..

but it could just be on crook cell in the batt, as now days the batts are a sealed unit. it will show a full charge but its telling you lies .

my thoughts..

JMJ

[young1]

have you wired the heat grips through the key and a relay or bypass the key..

i have a two 12volt acc plugs, one through the key wiring and one bypass straight to batt, the second one caught me out on time i forgot to turn of my gps and killed my batt...so ive fixed that one..

but it could just be on crook cell in the batt, as now days the batts are a sealed unit. it will show a full charge but its telling you lies .

my thoughts..

JMJ

I am as useless at mechanics as a soft cock is at an orgy!! I got the local dealer to do it and I understand that it is wired down to the battery. They are Oxford grips and the first time I tested them to see how they were going after it came back from the dealer (with the bike going AND I had to charge the battery up to get it to the dealer) the little lights on the unit flashed and I understand that means there was not enough charge to run them. Is that something to stop them flattening your battery?

[junkmanjoe]

make sure they have them running through the key.... behind the head light is two sets of spare acc plugs... theses run through the fuse box, but add a relay in the heat grip wiring system.
this way if your bikes not running theres no power going to the grips.

the oxford heat grips i added to the DR650 did the same thing, lights blinking on the control panel..
wasn't enough power to run them...
so we added a fuse and wired them to the key...never had a problem.
start there..

JMJ

[young1]

make sure they have them running through the key.... behind the head light is two sets of spare acc plugs... theses run through the fuse box, but add a relay in the heat grip wiring system.
this way if your bikes not running theres no power going to the grips.

the oxford heat grips i added to the DR650 did the same thing, lights blinking on the control panel..
wasn't enough power to run them...
so we added a fuse and wired them to the key...never had a problem.
start there..

JMJ

Thanks buddy

Mike

[DR MAT]

the newer oxford grips wont turn on above a certian voltage (aparantly to stop your battery going flat if u have them wired straight the battery and you leave them on) but it dosnt always work. as the other dude said ur best bet is to wire them into a switched power supply (only on with the key) and also if i read rightly u said u got a new battery at the start of the year and if uve left it for this long without using it itll be most likely toast, batterys dont last long when there left unused for months. if you dont use your bike much u can get a battery minder which you connect to your battery and plug it into the wall when u know your not gonna use it for a while and itll maintain the charge when it needs it (it wont overcharge the battery)

[nadroj]

A battery left that long without a monthly run or a battery tender connected will die!
Batteries need regular stimulation to stay in good order & not sulphate up. A small solar panel can be used but a battery tender is better. I only wish I listened to my own advice as I have spent heaps on new batteries after trying to resurect neglected ones.

[young1]

Thanks everyone for the advice.

Bike is going, appears the "thingy" that charges the battery while riding was bust so that was not helping matters.

Yes I do need to get a battery tender.

And I still have not felt any heat from the handgrips (local dealer pulled the fuse on them for the NBA ride to make sure my bike went at least for this weekend).

:-)

Mike