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#179252 Hotelfox (User) Riding The BIG RED THUNDERCHICKEN!! Platinum Boarder Posts: 1788 Re:battery won't hold charge 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Thanks Curt, your the best!   Logged     Proud Member of Patriot Guard Riders Hiram\\\\\\\'s Riders M C   The administrator has disabled public write access. #179254 Hotelfox (User) Riding The BIG RED THUNDERCHICKEN!! Platinum Boarder Posts: 1788 Re:battery won't hold charge 3 Years, 2 Months ago   I am just going with the odds here. The odds that your charging system crapped out is low. The odds that you got a bad battery new out off the box twice is high. Have em check that battery anyplace and see if its bad. I doubt that you could short a cell by running it in the bike for a couple of months. If your charging system was putting out to much juice then, yes, it could fry the battery. Not putting out enough to recharge it, the battery should just go dead and recharge when you put it on the charger over night, if you throw it on the charger and nothing happens, your battery isn't worth crap. Been down this dark and dusty road..   Logged     Proud Member of Patriot Guard Riders Hiram\\\\\\\'s Riders M C   The administrator has disabled public write access. #179259 Yakman (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 410 Re:battery won't hold charge 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Just returned a brand new battery that would not hold a charge. The battery was in my wife's 2009 Yamaha XT 250. The dealer readily gave me a new battery and told me this happens quite often. I didn't look, but these batteries are probably another product from China. Since they can't put lead in toys anymore, they have to find another place to use it.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #179273 Erbman02 (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3801 Re:battery won't hold charge 3 Years, 1 Month ago   Doc, actually the service manual is ca-ca as far as testing the stator. All that is checking for is continuity between the phases. That check is only going to show if there is an open (broken wire)it will not show any type of internal short or a breakdown in the insulation between windings. There is a complete accurate write-up in the tech articles, this is the only true way to test the charge system.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #179314 Frank_W (User) Riding The Filthy Sow! Platinum Boarder Posts: 3510 Re:battery won't hold charge 3 Years, 1 Month ago   Also, I know it sounds silly and stupid, but coat your terminals with dialectic grease, and rather than tightening the terminal clamps with the screwdriver slot in the tops of the bolts, use a ratchet on the hex-heads and get them truly snug and tight. These big girls vibrate like crazy, and they can and will vibrate the clamps loose. The battery will be fine one minute, and then the next time you go to start the bike, pffft... Nothing. It'll act like a dead or weakened battery.   Logged     My Music Whatever...   The administrator has disabled public write access. #179319 SaltyJack (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 236 Re:battery won't hold charge 3 Years, 1 Month ago   You can get a decent battery at Wally World (Wal-Mart) with what is supposed to be new technology. Its an AGM battery (YTX20L-BS 12V-18AH)the AGM is Absorbed Glass Mat and leak proof because all the electroliteis absorbed in the matts, you can run upside down if you wanted. Its worth checking out.Its $140 + Tx in Canada. Jack   Logged     Artifical Intelligence is Better Than No Intelligence At All !   The administrator has disabled public write access. #206016 paprikajoe (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 2 Yuasa YTX20L-BS motorcycle battery 2 Years, 11 Months ago   Hey Salty and Others: People do seem to like the Yuasas. And they come pretty cheap at this place: www.batterytex.com I've dealt with them several times over the last couple of yrs. Good service, shipping, etc. -Pap   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #208153 Big Dawg (User) On the road again . . . Platinum Boarder Posts: 1220 Re:battery won't hold charge 2 Years, 11 Months ago   I was looking at one of these.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #208734 paprikajoe (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 2 Re:battery won't hold charge 2 Years, 10 Months ago   Hey BD: I'm not sure...do these prices look a little better...? www.batterytex.com/batteries/10206/YAMAHA/XV1600-ROAD-STAR www.batterytex.com/batteries/11872/YAMAHA/XV1600-ROAD-STAR www.batterytex.com/batteries/13585/YAMAHA/XV1600-ROAD-STAR -PJ   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access.

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