Re: [ST] Very Sudden Battery Death?

["simonb" <simonb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 10:59:59 +0100, Andrew Tait wrote
> Yum.  Another cursed weekend.  After all my minor servicings last 
> weekend, and Mr ST running like an absolute dream, I wandered out to 
> start him after work on Friday and he got as far as one "wup" before 
> dying completely.  Even flashing the high beam was enough to blank 
> the trip meter, so the battery was well and truly flat!  I'm 99% 
> sure I didn't leave the parking light on, and was one of the first 
> people in here in the morning, so I'm sure someone would have told 
> me if I was glowing all day.
> 
> New battery on order today, and I should have it for this afternoon 
> thanks to an enthusiastic local supplier, but I'm bamboozled by how 
> the bike went from starting heartily in the morning to doing nothing 
> 8 hours later.  Poor thing!
> 
> I reckon the battery is the original (I got the bike when it was 
> less than 2 years old), and I've looked after it well enough.  A 
> couple of trickle charges over the past couple of years when I 
> haven't been using the bike, and it doesn't do too many short trips 
> either.  Heated grips haven't been used this year, thanks to 
> peculiarly warm Scotland.  3 and a half years isn't bad for any 
> battery, in my experience.
> 
> Is sudden failure like this common on the gel batteries?  I've 


Do you have an alarm fitted?











> always had plenty of warning on other bikes when the battery is 
> dying (and stubborn recharging, topping up, bump starting on cold 
> mornings etc. to prove it!)
> 
> Next weekend?  Maybe?  My own bike in rideable condition?  Would be nice.
> 
> Andrew
> 
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