Noob needs help to check out a bike

[Strike]

DAAATOMIC to the rescue! thanks HEAPS for the help tonight dude, been stressing all day bout leaving it a sum random peoples house, but my baby (lol) is back it my place now safe and sound.... cept for needing a new battery... CYCLE TREADS!!!!

also a shout out to the good people and Wild West Honda, they also offered to pick up the bike and take to there workshop - even tho the bike has no history with them what-so-ever. i thought that was awesome.

HUGE thanks to everyone on KB who offered help. YOU ROCK! as far as bike stuff goes i can't really offer much in the way of useful help, but, you guys ever find yourself in a tough situation with sum tard bent on messin with ya and you dont feel like dealing with it...... send me a PM, i'd love to help lol

[FROSTY:Me]

Strike. --Dude sorry if I sound like a negative shit--not intended.
Battery hopefully is all thats wrong but I suspect you may have charging system issues

[Katman]

but I suspect you may have charging system issues

Not necessarily. If a battery sits around long enough the plates will sulphate up. Eventually plates will touch and short out a cell(s).

[Meekey_Mouse]

Good to hear you got your bike back

[slimjim]

welcome to motorcycling laddie and yes some simple thing's are of same as car turn key on light's dim yup battery oil light comes on stop and check level, always when pulling into to full up with gas check tire pressure air's free , time is yours to give , and the more you learn of your bike the nicer motorcycling really is , all the best

[Strike]

got my hands on a voltmeter, battery only reading at 10.6 as for charging systems issues... god i hope not, but funnily enough, the idea of ripping into my bike really appeals to me, bottom line, if its just the battery, sweet, if its something more then thats just more mechanical exp for me huh

[Strike]

Battery in there at the mo is a Yuasa YTX7L-BS 12v, that sound right?

[Lee Rusty]

Lee here, bugger, started ok on the night I looked at it, sounds like the dude selling it didnt do what he said he would. He did say he would get it serviced.

Ok anyway sounds like battery stuffed and that sounds like right battery for it. The number srefer to size etc and placement of terminals - s that one fits ok just get another one the same.

If you need a hand drop me a line, if i had got email earlier I would have picked up for you as i have trailer.

Before fitting new battery put it on charger for a couple of hours to maximise its life, new batterys just put in bike and then statered on lecky start suffer in the long run.

If you have any probs call me - if you dont have my number it is in the pm section from last time

Lee

[Lee Rusty]

when I checked it out the charging system was ok - so unles something has broken it will prob just be due to the down time of battery

And you can get cheap batterys like Rocket or Yacht brand they are ok if used every day but they are not as good as the Yuasa.

L

[Strike]

Yeah, guy turned out to be a total tosser. i still can't believe he actually threatened me LOL. neways, i'll get a nu bat and let ya know how i get on, Cheers Lee.

[Maverick]

got my hands on a voltmeter, battery only reading at 10.6 as for charging systems issues... god i hope not, but funnily enough, the idea of ripping into my bike really appeals to me, bottom line, if its just the battery, sweet, if its something more then thats just more mechanical exp for me huh

Errr... that wasnt with the engine running right? Running should be more then 12V.

[R6_kid:Me]

Errr... that wasnt with the engine running right? Running should be more then 12V.

Should be 14V+ with the engine running (up to 17 at revs depending on the strength of the alternator + reg/rec setup)

If you need a battery charger you can borrow mine