xyy81t
Junior Member
To load test the battery it must either be removed or the bike brought to a Center where they can load test it. Typically most Automotive Parts Warehouses have load testers and most will test your battery for free.
From the symptoms you've described my bet is that your charging system has failed. You can confirm this by getting a digital voltmeter and measuring the charging voltage.This is done by touching the positive lead of the digital voltmeter to the positive lead to the battery and the negative lead of the digital voltmeter to the negative lead of the battery. The meter must be set to DC volts. Look at the voltage then start the bike and look at the voltage. The voltage should read upwards of 13 volts to 14 volts.(above 2-3000 RPM) If not get back to us for other tests you can do to narrow down the component failure.
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so it would seem the charging system has failed as you suggested. Recorded my test so you know exactly what i did. i'm reading through the link in the previous post now appreciate everyones help.
https://youtu.be/XBVbN4oq_2I
apologies for the crappy sound (my bike does not sound like that) will break out the go pro for the next test!
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