Strange electric thing poped up

[Jeffintampa]

HI all.
Strange thing is happening hope you can help. I drive the bike every day and always starts fine. Jumped on today and battery was deadish, rolled over and then stopped, I cleaned up all the connectors positive and negative. Put a charge on battery, started it up a couple times, then just now 1-2 hours latter, got on and nothing again.

Please give me some ideas and what to do pleassssseeeee

[motoman]

HI all.
Strange thing is happening hope you can help. I drive the bike every day and always starts fine. Jumped on today and battery was deadish, rolled over and then stopped, I cleaned up all the connectors positive and negative. Put a charge on battery, started it up a couple times, then just now 1-2 hours latter, got on and nothing again.

Please give me some ideas and what to do pleassssseeeee

Sounds like it's telling you time to clean some connections and contacts.
IIRC, 80 and later right bar controls grounded thru bars, but I could be off a year. I know ALL 81 models did.
Corroded START button contacts......
Would also be a good idea at this point to pull right sidecover, unscrew fuse panel mount to access the plug-ins behind it. Unplug and spray Deoxit cleaning contacts on ALL those plug-ins.
Fully charged, load testing that battery will help determine its condition, as it kinda sounds like at this point there's a good chance connections associated with charging system may not be as good as they need to be, since you state it gets started and ridden daily.

[Jeffintampa]

Dang it

got it started went for a ride around town and shut off and almost dead woundnt restart low battery. Feels and acts like I have a leak in the electrical.

any ideas

battery is not that old.

[Jeffintampa]

clean up

I took both battery cables off and sanded them shiney and the cable ends, and the frame ground. in the fuse area I took off both the 10 mm nuts shined them up. gonna see if it charging and let ya all know the numbers.

[Jeffintampa]

its charging

Well,
fired it up throwing 12.4-12.5 on idle, 2 grand 13.4-13.6 3 grand 14+ 4 grand 14-15.

[MaximPhil]

Hi Jeff,
Your charging system is working so on to the next thing. Sometimes even a fairly new battery can go bad. Try charging it then disconnect it from the bike and leave overnight (12 hours) then check voltage again. If it gives the same reading you know the bike and not the battery is the problem area. Or if available a Load Tester will answer the question.
Phil

[Jeffintampa]

Thanks

I looked it up the battery was put in 10/27/13 year and a couple months could be shot been charging on 5amps over night will disconnect and see whats up

thanks

[IanDMacDonald]

Whoa! I thought bike batteries are supposed to be charged @ 1a? Take it to Auto Zone, etc., and have them load test it.

[foreda]

Battery

My bet is on the battery. Charge it up and then take it to your local parts house and have them load test the battery.

[vedgar]

5 amps ?

I think you killed it, if it was not near death already .

[oldyam80sg]

Do you have one of those batteries that you need to add distilled water to bring the fluid up to the line? Not acid but distilled water.

[Jeffintampa]

took it out

I took out the battery today and it showed 13.5 amps in the morning, checked it tonight and its 12.4

[Jeffintampa]

checked water

Yes it is the levels looked ok I added maybe a tablespoon to the battery in 2 cells

Do you have one of those batteries that you need to add distilled water to bring the fluid up to the line? Not acid but distilled water.

[oldyam80sg]

Your voltage shows normal-what is it cranking?

[Jeffintampa]

Thanks

I have it out thinking about taking for a load test.