RE: Batterysplut

["Smith, Steven" <ssmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Beadles and Booh,

For a second, I thought I was reading my own post to T5Tech.  Mine was found
well cooked this morning in the garage:  Too much sitting around, bleeding
hot and humid weather, and only a few short trips of less than thirty
minutes duration in the past four weeks.  Very bad stuff for batteries, as
others have posted.  Personally, I can never trust original equipment
batteries gone bad.  New Yuasa in place and Boudicca fired right up.
Nothing overly suspicious here, like faulty wiring harness indications.  The
battery seemed to die a natural death (date of bike manufacture 11/97, no
idea how long the thing sat around after prep and before I got it in 10/99).
I wish I could put the thing on a trickle charger, but no electrical outlets
or sunlight in the apartment complex garage.  At least it died next to
alternate transportation.

Good luck,

Crash (Hanging, Milord?  For a parking offence?)

- -----Original Message-----
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 23:43:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Patti Beadles <pattib@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Batterysplut

I hopped on Booh this morning to go play poker, and discovered that 
the battery was drained.  Splut.  I had lights, but nowhere near
enough juice to even think about starting the bike.

What are my options?  Can I put it on a charger?  Jump-start it with
my car?  Just haul the battery down to the dealer and say "deal"?

ARGH!

- - -Patti

P.S.  When it rains it pours.  I went by my office this evening to
pick up the EX500, and it wouldn't start either.  When I finally
jumped it, it barely ran.

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