New battery dead after a week?

[caspernz]

Hmmm I think the issue may be a little simpler than first thought. The guys at the shop put a 12V 5.5Ah battery in when the manual states a 8Ah. Would this be the reason for my woes?

For fuck sake now I'm even more confused. Just rang TSS Red Baron and they said they put 6.5Ah batteries in their KTM's. Replacement batteries on TradeMe have my bike listed taking a 5.5Ah (currently in it) and the manual says 8Ah.

Quite easy for some of us to laugh at the above...but hey, we all gotta learn.

Google the basics of an automotive electrical system. Battery, alternator, reg/req plus the various electrical components. You need an auto sparkie or someone who understands the basics to look over your bike. It sounds almost as though you could well have a combination of things going on. Alternator or reg/req not doing its job properly plus a parasitic drain in some of the alterations that have been made. A smaller battery, as in Ah rating, is not ideal but not the answer in total.

As much as this doesn't sound like what you want to hear, in all likelihood your local KTM dealer/service agent will suss and sort this in short order.

[FlangMasterJ]

Quite easy for some of us to laugh at the above...but hey, we all gotta learn.

Well you're definitely going to laugh now. Pretty sure it turns out the battery wasn't grounding properly. The contact was just dirty. Not only was the battery going dead really quick but since the bike was running poorly it'd never run long enough to charge anyway.