What did you do to your bike today?

[Captain]

Where's IC3 these days? Doesn't he post in here now he walks everywhere?

 

[Captain]

Bike is dead again after 2 days of no use :/

 

[tom_e]

Bike is dead again after 2 days of no use :/

Sounds like your battery may well be up crap creek.

Cheap enough to replace at least.

 

[Captain]

Sounds like your battery may well be up crap creek.

Cheap enough to replace at least.

Yeah, is it worth buying something to check the battery's health? Or just spend the money on a new battery? I've seen them for less than £20 delivered.

Here's one for £20.

https://www.allbatteries.co.uk/motorbike-battery/ktm/125/duke-125/2011-mot112.html

 

[tom_e]

You'd be spending at least a tenner on something to check it so I'd just grab a new one, in fact I've got a feeling Halfords offer free battery tests so might be worth a look just to confirm.

 

[Captain]

Yeah, I'll get the battery out and give it a quick charge, then take it out, don't want to keep charging it every few days, but then I might buy a new battery and have the same problem :/

 

[tom_e]

Could always buy a cheap multimeter then you can check your battery and all the things like your alternator and rectifier as well just to be sure.

 

[Captain]

Could always buy a cheap multimeter then you can check your battery and all the things like your alternator and rectifier as well just to be sure.

I can grab one from work from one of the electricians, this battery seems ok for the money?

There are others from £8 up to £30, this one is currently rated as the best seller.

https://www.tayna.co.uk/YTX4L-BS-Enduroline-Advanced-Motorcycle-Battery-P9061.html

 

[wazza300]

you have a trickle charger ? can leave it connected and it keeps the battery in tip top condition

 

[Captain]

I have, i'll grab a multimeter when at work tomorrow and check the battery and the wires.

Don't want to start spending money on it, i'll be trading it in for something else in a few weeks.

 

[wazza300]

it wont take long to discharge if laid up and not being ridden

wait till you come to sell it and stick a cheap battery in,in the meantime leave your trickle charger connected to it,it wont overcharge the battery

 

[tom_e]

I might try kicking my YBR into life when I get home tonight it's been sat in the shed unridden since I passed my test in June!

Probably worth me hooking my optimiser charger up to that as my SV doesn't go more than 2 days without a run.

 

[Captain]

I might try kicking my YBR into life when I get home tonight it's been sat in the shed unridden since I passed my test in June!

Probably worth me hooking my optimiser charger up to that as my SV doesn't go more than 2 days without a run.

How much did you pay for your SV?

 

[tom_e]

How much did you pay for your SV?

A touch under 2k IIRC.

Slightly overpriced, but it was a very tidy example with a few mods I'd have spent a couple of hundred quid on anyway already done.

 

[Captain]

it wont take long to discharge if laid up and not being ridden

wait till you come to sell it and stick a cheap battery in,in the meantime leave your trickle charger connected to it,it wont overcharge the battery

That's what i'll do yeah, i break up for Christmas Friday and don't go back until the 18th, so got plenty of time to find a bike.

 

[Captain]

A touch under 2k IIRC.

Any reason why you didn't part ex your YBR?

 

[tom_e]

Any reason why you didn't part ex your YBR?

At the time it had a few bits wrong with it that meant I would have been shafted on price by a dealer even though they were simple things that are all now sorted also I still needed it to get to work as I bought the SV before I passed.

 

[Captain]

Ah, did you buy your SV from a garage or private?

 

[uksoldierboy]

Spent the whole day cleaning, fairings off, degreased and degunked engine, checked all bolts, fitted new QS Sensor.

 

[tom_e]

Ah, did you buy your SV from a garage or private?

From a dealer