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[ST] Battery/Charging Question.......



Sorry if this is a repeat but I don't think it got posted the 1st time around.
George

>Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:38:19 -0500
>To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>From: george <gkeslin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Battery/Charging Question.......
>
>I had something pretty weird happen with the ST yesterday and was 
>wondering if anybody else has experienced this or something similar.
>
>I have a 2002 ST, purchased new 09/02, I've put on ~6600 miles.
>
>I went out for a ride on Friday roughly 80 miles, some stop & go but 
>mostly go.  Temp was around 85 and pretty humidity.  I made 3 stops during 
>the ride, each stop was no longer than 30 minutes. Parked the bike in the 
>garage when I got home around 1:30.  Moved it to it's normal parking spot 
>(so the wife would back over it) around 7:00.  Went out about 9:00 to 
>attach my GPS in preparation for a long ride on Saturday.
>
>I have it set up to use the power outlet as its power source.  I turned on 
>the GPS to make sure it worked and it showed that it was using the 
>internal batteries not the bike. Hmmm!  That shouldn't be seeing that the 
>outlet is always hot.  Grabbed the keys and turned it on...  Gee, the 
>headlight was extremely dim and the dash didn't light up.   The battery 
>appeared to be pretty close to dead. What's up with that?
>
>Put my Yuasa charger on it at ~9:30 (battery still in the bike) and the 
>test period lasted quite a while (at least 1/2 hour).  Left it connected 
>overnight and in the morning it showed it was still charging.  Left for my 
>ride at 6am (took the Hawk instead) leaving the battery still connected to 
>the charger.  Got home around 6pm to find the battery fully charged.  I 
>disconnected the charger and let the bike sit overnight.  This morning 
>everything seemed alright.  Turned the key and everything lights up 
>fully.  Reconnected the charger, test period lasted a minute, went into 
>charging mode for a couple of minutes and then switched into float 
>mode.  All normal.
>
>I haven't had a chance to take the bike for a spin yet.  But what I'm 
>thinking is, the bike is no longer charging the battery.  Does anybody 
>know of a way to test this or do I need to take it back to the dealer?
>
>I never lock the forks in the garage so I know I didn't leave the parking 
>lights on.  The heated grips only work when the ignition is on.  I don't 
>leave the keys in the ignition so I know I didn't leave it on.  I'm confused!
>
>Thanks!
>
>George


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