If you ever get the following symptoms, you my online friend could probably have a dead or flat battery:
1. Bike ignition won't start, panel lights come on but are dim. Easy fix - put it on the battery charger overnight!4 weeks later...2. Bike ignition won't start again, charge it overnight again and still won't start, have to push start it to go to work, starts first jump!
3. That same day go to start bike after work and have to push start it again, works like a charm.
4. On the way home from work you suddenly lose your speedo and rev counter, the needles drop to zero!
5. On the same ride home the bike starts coughing at low revs!
To finish the story off, I ended up going to two bike shops on that journey home (yesterday actually) to find the correct battery for my bike, fitted it, and jump started it one last time for the 5th time during the day!!
Lessons learned:
Replace a flat/dead battery early.
Taiwanese batteries cost $35 less than Japanese ones and have 1 years less warranty.
If you don't want to put mileage on your speedometer, ride around on a flat battery.
The new RSV1000 Aprilia is beautiful.
The Blackbird is heavy, but where there is a will there is a way, even if it means asking a guy to get out of his car and push!!
Zed :spudwave:
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