bode61
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I am far from even being close to being smart when it comes to electronics so I am posting what I found and what I am doing here to make me feel better. Please chime in and guide me as well.
Yesterday afternoon I went out to my NC700X and when I tried to start it all the lights came on, the voltmeter (which I installed about a year ago) read 11.3 and no start. It made a sharp click sound, not like the clicking you would hear when a starter goes bad. I hooked up a set of jumper cables and ran them from my other moto and the bike started right up. I let it run a bit and turned it off and it started right back up. I went out today and it again read 11.2 and would not start.
So, I removed the battery and brought it home and am going to hook it up to a trickle charger and let it charge for a day or two. This is the original battery and my bike is a 2012 that I bought in mid season of 2012. I know I should be happy that I got this many years out of it but I am hoping that by bringing the battery home and charging it I can get some more life out of it. The bike gets ridden as I have 34,000 miles on it so it doesn't usually just sit.
I probably forgot to mention but I live in a townhouse community that doesn't have garages and you are not allowed to park motorcycles in your driveway so I keep my motos in a storage unit about a mile away.
Any one else think that the battery might be recharged and good for a while or am I going to be forking out $200 for another battery. I can't believe that this battery costs more than th done I put own my Aprilia. To compare, About 3 months ago I had to replace the battery in my Aprilia of the first time. The original battery lasted from 2008 until a few months ago.
Yesterday afternoon I went out to my NC700X and when I tried to start it all the lights came on, the voltmeter (which I installed about a year ago) read 11.3 and no start. It made a sharp click sound, not like the clicking you would hear when a starter goes bad. I hooked up a set of jumper cables and ran them from my other moto and the bike started right up. I let it run a bit and turned it off and it started right back up. I went out today and it again read 11.2 and would not start.
So, I removed the battery and brought it home and am going to hook it up to a trickle charger and let it charge for a day or two. This is the original battery and my bike is a 2012 that I bought in mid season of 2012. I know I should be happy that I got this many years out of it but I am hoping that by bringing the battery home and charging it I can get some more life out of it. The bike gets ridden as I have 34,000 miles on it so it doesn't usually just sit.
I probably forgot to mention but I live in a townhouse community that doesn't have garages and you are not allowed to park motorcycles in your driveway so I keep my motos in a storage unit about a mile away.
Any one else think that the battery might be recharged and good for a while or am I going to be forking out $200 for another battery. I can't believe that this battery costs more than th done I put own my Aprilia. To compare, About 3 months ago I had to replace the battery in my Aprilia of the first time. The original battery lasted from 2008 until a few months ago.