11 years, no battery in that time, and not been on a charger?Buy a new battery, you've done well to get it this far!
Brace - that'll teach me to read more carefully, hadn't seen the bit about turning over
Don't suppose you have a multimeter do you?A battery takes a massive hamering to start the bike - while it may be retaining enough juice from the last time you ran it to get it to start once (or twice in your case), but it knackers a cell, and then you don't start again...Brace - that'll teach me to read more carefully, hadn't seen the bit about turning over
Quote from: richfzs on 17 January 2012, 09:59:44 pmDon't suppose you have a multimeter do you?A battery takes a massive hamering to start the bike - while it may be retaining enough juice from the last time you ran it to get it to start once (or twice in your case), but it knackers a cell, and then you don't start again...Brace - that'll teach me to read more carefully, hadn't seen the bit about turning over Shopping list Battery charger - am thinking about the hein gerick one4 ngk CR8E spark plugsMulti meter -but what tests to do and what reading should I see
Quote from: fazersharp on 17 January 2012, 10:10:28 pmQuote from: richfzs on 17 January 2012, 09:59:44 pmDon't suppose you have a multimeter do you?A battery takes a massive hamering to start the bike - while it may be retaining enough juice from the last time you ran it to get it to start once (or twice in your case), but it knackers a cell, and then you don't start again...Brace - that'll teach me to read more carefully, hadn't seen the bit about turning over Shopping list Battery charger - am thinking about the hein gerick one4 ngk CR8E spark plugsMulti meter -but what tests to do and what reading should I seeA fully charged battery should show 12.8 volts,any less and it means either a knackered battery or not fully charged,if the battery is tired the starter may take all the juice leaving nothing spare for the ignition system
Question why 11.8v is was enough to fire up the engine.You need a minimum of just over 12v .2 doesn't look like a lot but it is. Question Why would a blocked air filter stop it from starting when that is exactly what you are doing with the choke. It wouldn't the battery is the problem a blocked air filter will give you running problems by having the effect of the bike being on choke or over rich, it would keep cutting out when the throttle was opened and would idle erratically if at all once warmed up.