Re: st-digest V1999 #238

["Leatherbiker" <leatherbiker@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't have an alarm or any other power take-offs on my ST,
except the usual standard stuff.
On both occasions, I checked - and at least one person
verified - that no lights were on (after dark, to make sure)
so it looks like there is some other explanation.
I take the other guy's point about cable-starting introducing
the possibility of electrical surges and therefore tampering
with the electrics, but I really don't see much choice if it
happens in the middle of nowhere.
I mean, wouldn't that apply to most modern, hi-tech bikes?

Tim

- ----- Original Message -----
From: <TrmpetDave@xxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: st-digest V1999 #238


>
> In a message dated 9/26/99 11:56:26 AM, fastbike@xxxxxxxx
writes:
>
> <<My battery would charge fine (i.e. > 13v) and show around 14
v at 2000 -
> 3000 rpm. It just wouldn't put out the amps to crank the bike.
I suspect an
> internal fault between a couple of plates.
> >>
>
> Have any of the batteries that people are complaining about
been allowed to
> run flat? Motorcycle batteries don't tolerate this the way car
batteries do,
> and even car batteries, unless they are of the "Deep Cycle"
type don't
> tolerate too many discharge cycles. I have ruined bike
batteries by parking
> overnight with the parking lights on just once. Any bike with
an electric
> clock and/or alarm will run the battery flat if parked for a
week or two.
> Solution: a Battery Tender. Dave Collins, San Diego
>
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