Motobatt battery went bad

[RussellJ]

So my gauges wouldnt even turn on this morning nor would the bike prime or start. Found out minutes ago the battery is shot again. Its only a month old.... i have no accessories on the bike and all wiring is good.

Time to get a pb-2... no more motobatt

Forgot to mention i rode the bike sunday...

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[Blanca BusaLess]

Why not just use a stock one ?

 

[BlueHaya]

I have had my motobatt for about 2 years. It will run dead in about 2 weeks with out the tender hooked up....but I have some electronics that drain it.

 

[BlueHaya]

Get one of those $200 light weight ones.....I wonder how good those are? I could use one for my project 05

 

[sleepless_red]

So sorry to hear. I wonder how long mine will last.
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[skydivr]

Rectifier.....

 

[Fastfrog007]

So sorry to hear. I wonder how long mine will last.
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The miles you put on.... I say a week.

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[pashnit]

the battery is shot

Motobatts have a two year free replacement warranty.

If it goes bad, you get a new one no questions asked.

I think I'm pushin' 2 yrs on mine & works fine. Make sure to use a battery tender in your off-months. Any battery can go bad if bike sits in the cold for 6 months. Russ, you sound like a guy who rides a lot, even if you go with with different one, still get a free one out of the motobatt folks. We can set that up.

We sell the Fast-by-Gast PB-2 Battery also.

 

[RussellJ]

Motobatts have a two year free replacement warranty.

If it goes bad, you get a new one no questions asked.

I think I'm pushin' 2 yrs on mine & works fine. Make sure to use a battery tender in your off-months. Any battery can go bad if bike sits in the cold for 6 months. Russ, you sound like a guy who rides a lot, even if you go with with different one, still get a free one out of the motobatt folks. We can set that up.

We sell the Fast-by-Gast PB-2 Battery also.

I did the free replacement once already in Jan. This is my second in 3 months....

 

[AJAY]

I did the free replacement once already in Jan. This is my second in 3 months....

Sounds like you have something draining even without the key in the bike. Can you check the drain current with an ammeter? Doubt it's 2 bad Motobatts.

With that said, batteries are one place it's usually not worth going cheap. Yuasa AGM is my vote, and you can get one for about $90 shipped.

Finally, look into a product called Battery Minder. The pulse technology really works to revive dead dead batteries. A very good investment for $40. Pashnit should start selling this product to keep it in the family.
http://www.amazon.com/BatteryMINDer-Charger-Maintainer-Desulphator-Model/dp/B000P23HZS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299639513&sr=8-1

 

[reiny]

i have an 06 with original batterry and it is working fine,however i keep mine on a small little battery charger 24-7 all year round.The one i use i bought from Canadian Tire.Its very similar to the small Battery Tender thingy.

 

[RussellJ]

Why not just use a stock one ?

Probably will after this... I think the stock one I replaced when it went back 4 months ago was the original...

Rectifier.....

I thought about that but the first battery I couldnt even recharge. I will drop this one off at autozone but Im pretty sure it will not recharge either. I dont even get a spack when i short the terminals. Same problem I had with the last one

 

[dadofthree]

No spark means it's completely dead or open. One time on my Gen I I accidently turned the key to far and the next day it was dead. The old park position. In the manual there's a simple drain test. I would give that a shot. Two batteries in a short time frame

 

[AJAY]

Russell, sent you a pm response on testing current draw. You will need a good battery, but any bike battery will work, or even a rigged stack of regular 1.5V dry cell batteries (AA, C, D). Do not use a car battery!

If you can get it started, the charging is very easy to test - easier than the current test sent by pm. Feel free to call me and I can walk you through this.

 

[GsxrBots]

It's those Chazzo levers! I'm telling ya....

 

[moloko]

I'm a get one of these:

Battery System, Lithium Ferrous, Lightweight, Pulse and Genesis - Full Spectrum

PP3 P3 Battery, 6.9 Amp Hour, 360 Amp, Terminals, Lithium Ferrous, Pulse - Full Spectrum

 

[Busa1166]

Sounds like the gremlins to me, only one thing to do if you got an infestation

found mine dead once it was that I turned the switch all the way back when I took the key out. Get your battery warrantied and give it a good once over.

 

[Blanca BusaLess]

You may wanna check with the seller of those Chinese levers you got.
Maybe they have the nine year old working the battery machine and you can get a good one from them

 

[m_ridgeway]

FWIW the wal-mart brand batteries can be had in agm and are made by yuasa i believe. i'll still buy yuasa just because i hate wal mart. i got my batt from schnitz

 

[IG.]

Makes it very suspicious that the battery seemed OK on Sunday, and is dead a few days later. It seems more likely something drained the battery. Even a few watt usage will drain the battery over a period of a few days.

Anything you can think of? HID ballast?

It's easy to figure it out. Let me know if want to try.

BTW, I just recently replaced a 5 year old battery with AGM type from ebay. Works great.