No start after 40 mile ride

[steve_fla]

I took a little ride across the ally yesterday on my 2006 , drove about 40 miles. Stopped to get a quick drink 5 min later I tried to start the bike and would turn over slow. Was dragging bad like a dead battery, temp was normal.All connection on battery are tight. After a ten minute wait cranked over normal. Started fine all day after that. Bad Starter? bike only has 6000 miles

thx Steve

 

[semi]

how many years have you had the current battery in the bike? i have an '05 and i'm on my third battery even with using a battery tender

 

[twotonevert]

My 05 would do that from time to time, finally figured out it was a bad cell. Have it tested.

 

[jch364]

I have an 06 as well. I think it might have been typical heat sink on the motor. I remember a lot of times when i got off to get gas it was a little hard to start. Once i got a better battery it was ok. boost the battery to a 230cc or higher and a good quality one at that. No batteries plus stuff. no good imo. I bet thats all it is. There are several types besides the stock kind. I have a shoria lithium with i think either 230 or 280cca. something like that ... I dont care much for the shoria battery but thats another story. hope this helps.

 

[Quiksilver]

I have a ballistic 12 cell batt. 400 cca I believe turns the motor over easy

 

[Jeff Kurth]

I don't get how some go thru soo many battery's unless they sit for long periods of time neglected.
I still have the original battery in my 2008 and never had a problem...

 

[jch364]

I don't get how some go thru soo many battery's unless they sit for long periods of time neglected.
I still have the original battery in my 2008 and never had a problem...

I think its look of the draw. the battery in my bike when i bought it new lasted just one season. the second battery lasted just 2 years. then i made the mistake buying one from batteries plus and it lasted about one season. battery number 4 was another factory and again about 2 years. so i bought a shoria. I thought oh yea. well not so much. i hooked it up to the 6 volt side all winter and ruined it. so i bought another one. and at least got it hooked up right to charge over the winter. That said i dont care for this battery at all because if it falls below 40 degrees it does not work very well. but im stuck with it so i cant spend any more on this sort of thing. And i did have the others on tenders but did no good. I still think lithium or ballistic batteries are the way to go but not shorai batteries imo.

 

[steve_fla]

Thanks for the input everyone , battery is about 1 year old. Was put in when I got bike for previous owner and it has a batteries plus label on it. That says it all, Taking it to work tomorrow to put battery tester on it .

 

[dadofthree]

I don't get how some go thru soo many battery's unless they sit for long periods of time neglected.
I still have the original battery in my 2008 and never had a problem...

I just gave my factory battery away. It was cranking as good as the day i bought the bike, but it was six years old and people kept saying you don't want to get stuck in the mountains with a bad battery at the Bash, so they put the chit on me and I replaced her. It killed me, but I gave it to a good friend.

 

[dadofthree]

It's way to soon for it, but if the battery checks good have the valves checked. Might never happen again, you can never tell.

 

[bryztheman]

check the voltage regulator wires, my bike did the same thing ,had a bad wire .. How do you post questions ,I am new to this site... please help???

 

[Karl_1052]

First thing to do is check the grounds.
A bad or corroded ground will cause issues with heavy loads(like a starter).
The starter motor itself could be bad.
My 86 GSXR1100 had the same issues, and it wasn't the battery. I had the starter and generator rebuilt, and it never had that problem again.

I would bet on a bad ground on a bike with that little mileage.

BTW, 08 Busa here with the original battery.

 

[Jeff Kurth]

I think its look of the draw. the battery in my bike when i bought it new lasted just one season. the second battery lasted just 2 years. then i made the mistake buying one from batteries plus and it lasted about one season. battery number 4 was another factory and again about 2 years. so i bought a shoria. I thought oh yea. well not so much. i hooked it up to the 6 volt side all winter and ruined it. so i bought another one. and at least got it hooked up right to charge over the winter. That said i dont care for this battery at all because if it falls below 40 degrees it does not work very well. but im stuck with it so i cant spend any more on this sort of thing. And i did have the others on tenders but did no good. I still think lithium or ballistic batteries are the way to go but not shorai batteries imo.

It makes me wonder why i have over 50k miles on the original battery when i bought my busa new back in 2008, i never had a single problem with my battery..

 

[steve_fla]

Update on battery, put my snap on battery tester on battery showed 90 cca replace battery. Batteries plus 13 month old battery is junk. It is a xta12a-bs agm is this right battery size? What should i replace with

 

[jch364]

Not sure but look into the newer styles. ballistic lithium extc. plenty of comments on them here. dont recommend shorai myself for reasons ive stated. just me though. good luck