Bit chilly on the hands this morning, might have to buy the heated gloves soon... I have no heated grips on the VFR.
Also my VFR has recently started resetting the dash (clock/trips) when starting it, it never fails to start but it's annoying having to reset the clock every few days. It did it this morning just as I turned it on before starting it! Sign of a dying battery? I'll start putting it on the optimiser overnight and see if it still does it.
So on the ride home tonight I noticed the headlights were very dim at idle, increasing with revs, and it cut out a couple of times, but restarted but with what seemed like a nearly empty battery...
Did some tests once I got home, getting 14v at 4500rpm so it's not a charging issue (and have the upgraded R/R on the VFR) but the battery voltages are a bit low. Was going to order a new battery via the rainforest, but, having a lightbulb moment... I checked the battery on the Tuono.
Exactly the same model
Swapped them over, and the VFR now turns over about twice as fast as it did before, and the lights are much brighter with just the ignition on
Ahh, the benefits of having 2 bikes.
I've stuck the optimiser lead on the VFR for good measure, but the battery has been on the optimser comnstantly for the past few months. Will get a new battery over winter for the Tuono.