new battery and blooming bike still wont start

psalliss · 20 Mar 2013 at 20:10

my ducati 999s has been sat on a battery charger that went faulty since oct last year resulting in what i presume was the battery going flat and no longer holder charge so i bought a new motobatt glass mat one and stuck it on and left it on charger. on trying to start the bike yesterday it just would'nt start. it was showing 12.4 on the dash which was normal for before when it always started without any issues.

it tried to fire up a few times but would'nt start fully and then everything seemed to reset on the dash and would then all switch back on again,

has anyone got any suggestions. only thing i can think is that maybe i havent tightened up the bolts enough on the battery or i think i may have put the charger lead and the pc lead next to the battery terminal and the actual pos and neg leads from the bike on top of them. would that make any difference?

also i have a booster pack if i used that to try and start the bike would it A cause any damage and B if it starts with the use of that would is suggest that i may have a fault battery. thanks

psalliss · 20 Mar 2013 at 20:57

getting different opinions on a ducati forum with some saying not to use the booster as will blow the ecu and others saying its fine. cant see how it would blow the edu if just used to start.

the connections seemed fine as i checked at the time of fitting. the earth strap is apparently a culprit for starting issues on them.

psalliss · 21 Mar 2013 at 20:04

http://youtu.be/WmECWs2aXPU

psalliss · 21 Mar 2013 at 20:05

a clip of what the bike is doing or not as the case nay be

psalliss · 24 Mar 2013 at 17:10

bike was last running in october ish when it was mapped up for the power commander and was running and starting fine. so basically 5 months ago. yes is fuel injection to my knowledge. nowhere warmer really apart from the house which isnt do able. they arent the best to start from cold but it would always start even on the old duff battery. i think spark plugs may need changing as well and possibly have flooded them a bit will all the cranking trying to get it going. it was going in for a service shortly anyway so will prob just get it delivered to them and let them sort it before i kill it

psalliss · 29 Mar 2013 at 11:41

I've given up now its doing my head in. have taken the battery off to let the alarm de spike in case thats the problem and will take the battery to local dealership for testing so i can then at least rule the battery out. ive ordered some motolectric hicap leads as well so when its sorted it will start easier with the leads.

if the battery tests ok then i think ill be letting the garage sort it.

psalliss · 28 Apr 2013 at 13:56

just an update for everyone. it was the battery all along despite taking it to a garage to load test it.

ive sent the new duff battery back for refund and had a yuasa installed whilst the bike was being serviced and the hicap leads fitted along with uprated clutch slave cylinder and new levers. bike starts first time and turns over much better than ever before.