yoyo
Well-Known Member
I fitted a BT14S in August after my original battery started to fail, everything has been great, I wouldn't say it was massively better than the BT12S but the bike started and that's all that matters.
I went to go for a spin yesterday but the bike would barely turn over, I jumped it and off I went, it was a surprise as I'd been out last Sunday and I would have expected the battery to hold its just in the garage for a week. I was out for an hour and would have expected the battery to have charged but nope still very sluggish. I put it on an Optimate overnight and tried it today but again very sluggish, I took it for a spin on the motorway for 40 mins before returning home as I was running low on fuel, it started (see video) but its not right.
When the engine is running I'm seeing 14.3v with the engine off the battery is 12.93v. There is a warranty on the battery, are there any other tests/checks I need to make before taking it back? There's no alarm on the bike, it's kept in a garage and is used weekly. //cloud.tapatalk.com/s/61ab7550d7fdd/VID_20211204_122422.mp4
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I went to go for a spin yesterday but the bike would barely turn over, I jumped it and off I went, it was a surprise as I'd been out last Sunday and I would have expected the battery to hold its just in the garage for a week. I was out for an hour and would have expected the battery to have charged but nope still very sluggish. I put it on an Optimate overnight and tried it today but again very sluggish, I took it for a spin on the motorway for 40 mins before returning home as I was running low on fuel, it started (see video) but its not right.
When the engine is running I'm seeing 14.3v with the engine off the battery is 12.93v. There is a warranty on the battery, are there any other tests/checks I need to make before taking it back? There's no alarm on the bike, it's kept in a garage and is used weekly. //cloud.tapatalk.com/s/61ab7550d7fdd/VID_20211204_122422.mp4
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