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    I killed my battery (again)

    Hey Guys,

    Good to finally be back form Las Vegas, Besides having my ass handed to me by the blackjack dealer I came home to find my battery dead, again. My own stupid fault. When I turned the lock on the ignition i went to far and, you guessed it, put it on acc. Anyways, I did this before and bought a second battery. Didnt want to waste riding time. Well, couldnt find my battery tender for a while. Finally found it and battery is over 80% complete. Now for the question. Since i am charging a dead battery with my batterty tender does anyone know how well it will keep its charge or should i be worried all the time if it will fire up if i am out somewhere. I think the tender conditions it too so it will hold up but i am not positive. Anyone else as stupid as me and have the same situation.


    Thanks

    Bill

    P.S. Looking through the posts, glad to see no bad ones.
    I see Dead People...............



    No really,i see them all the time. I put them in my ambulance.
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  • #2
    The battery is probably RS. They don't like a deep discharge like that, an even worse when they are left like that for any period of time.

    I'm surprised your battery tender has been able to do anything with it at all. Mine wont even start or attempt to charge if the battery voltage is less than approx 10volts.

    You might be lucky, but I doubt if it will be of any use, or be able to be trusted.
    "I spent most of my money on Scotch, women and cigarettes. The rest I just wasted"

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    • #3
      The battery tender will says its back up but you'll be lucky if it last for more than one week before your stranded some where...

      Just get a new battery
      Just a few mods:

      Silver, the fastest color!

      On the inside - HID type bulbs, K&N filter, Iridium ix plugs, 16T front sprocket, Coerce billet sprocket cover, Yosh re-map +5, +5, +5 11 o'clock, Scorpio SE-i500 system from my GB and an ATRE.

      On the outside - TLR forks, front carbon fender, 5/8th master brake cylinder, black SS brake lines (frnt & rear), braking waves all around with Ti bolts, Brembo gold front calipers & a busa gold rear caliper, flush mount signals (frnt & rear), ZG DB scr

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      • #4
        I see Dead People...............



        No really,i see them all the time. I put them in my ambulance.

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        • #5
          I'm not sure how long you were in L.V. but , when I left the key in the ACC position at work , it killed the battery completely after just 9 or 10 hours. I wouldn't trust the old one. Start off with a new one and free yourself from any worries.
          Experience - That thing you get the moment AFTER you needed it.

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          • #6
            Your Battery Tender will take forever to get it back to full charge. I would suggest a 1-2 amp charge. But if you don't mind waiting it should get you there. Batteries actually prefer to be charged with small amounts of juice. As far as your Battery being completely dead, who can say? I have fully discharged batteries and recharged and used them for 2+ years. I have also had them die somewhat premature after such an incident. If you are not planning any "in the middle of nowhere" trips just ride and hope you lucked out.

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            • #7
              I'm also surprised that the battery tender actually started charging it. Usually when I charge a dead battery I have to temporarily jump it to a good battery to trick the tender into charging the dead one. Like Steve said the tender won't charge if it doesn't see enough voltage.
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              • #8
                I've done that before, but have caught it before it's killed the battery..

                Hmmm maybe you should change your sig to read "I See Dead Battery......" Hehehe just messin' with ya

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                • #9


                  Losing your ass in Vegas, then coming home to another 70 loss =
                  TLOTM:
                  May 2003
                  August 2004

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                  • #10
                    It probably goes without saying, but buy nothing other than a Yuasa battery. Everything else is shit.
                    "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Duken4evr
                      It probably goes without saying, but buy nothing other than a Yuasa battery. Everything else is shit.
                      I was wondering if any other batteries held up any better with all the electronic add-ons to my bike...

                      Has anyone tried westco, or any others
                      Just a few mods:

                      Silver, the fastest color!

                      On the inside - HID type bulbs, K&N filter, Iridium ix plugs, 16T front sprocket, Coerce billet sprocket cover, Yosh re-map +5, +5, +5 11 o'clock, Scorpio SE-i500 system from my GB and an ATRE.

                      On the outside - TLR forks, front carbon fender, 5/8th master brake cylinder, black SS brake lines (frnt & rear), braking waves all around with Ti bolts, Brembo gold front calipers & a busa gold rear caliper, flush mount signals (frnt & rear), ZG DB scr

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by SDTLR


                        Losing your ass in Vegas, then coming home to another 70 loss =
                        I see Dead People...............



                        No really,i see them all the time. I put them in my ambulance.

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                        • #13
                          Well I just bought a new battery yesterday, Yuasa 12BS runs about 60 bux, but from what I am told it's the best battery to get.

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                          • #14
                            Well, update. Got both my batteries charged(the original and the spare) using the battery tender. So far sooooo good. Will see if she fires up in 2 days. Fired up yesterday with no problem. The real test will be seeing if it drains fast, especially since i have the alarm set.
                            I see Dead People...............



                            No really,i see them all the time. I put them in my ambulance.

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