RE: [ST] Dead ST & Battery Woes

["Richard & Lisa White" <redriders@xxxxxxx>]

I'd say it is a battery problem.  With our 2 '99 STs, both batteries
died suddenly with around 6000 miles on each of them at around 6 months
- - Coincidence???  Both also just happened to happen on the early part of
trips with bikes that were used religiously every weekend.  

The wife's was first.  Started fine and rode 15-20 miles to friends
house at start of trip to Arkansas for the first Rallye, pre-TSRA.
Replaced with battery from closest Auto parts store and continued on our
way.  My battery died a couple months later when two days into our 2
week trip to Utah.  Previous two days had no indications of a problem
with many long freeway type miles with occasional stops.  The next
morning the battery was dead and I luckily managed to bump start it.
Replaced with battery from closest Wall Mart.  Both of these batteries
are still working fine with over 36k on one bike and 33k on the other.
No special attention has been given to either battery other than
infrequent charging.

If I recall, there were other dead batteries at around the same mileage.
I'd suggest replacing the battery and do it with a non-OEM.

Richard White



- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
William Sanders
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 3:21 AM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ST] Dead ST

Me again, for a follow up question. If it turns out to be a dead (shot)
battery, should I replace it with OEM or is there a better aftermarket
replacement? Again, any personal experience appreciated here. And I do
intend to contact the dealer about this, but he's a hundred miles away
so
I'm best off resolving this myself if I can, and then going to him for
reimbursement.
Thanks Again,
Bill

PS: Planning to join the TSRA, just haven't come up with a suitable
'dawg'
title yet.


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