14-02-12, 11:09 AM
(14-02-12, 10:42 AM)Fazerider link Wrote: The only other relay in the system is the starter relay and that doesn't activate until you hit the button so you wouldn't normally hear it as the click is drowned out by the sound of the engine turning over.
Point being, with the starter relay is that when the battery is low, it reaches a stage where it doesn't hold the relay open properly, so you hear (loud and clear), the relay cycling, as described by Mr Mouse just over half way down his post.
Year round riding is only good for the battery if the type and distance of riding is right - a few miles of slow town commute, with headlight on, will not replace what the starter motor took out of the battery. Conversely, 30 mins on the motorway morning and night, and no worries.
Still not clear what the noise is when the bike is running though. As you say, the fuel pump should click off very quickly. Mobile, can you let us know if the fuel pump does stop as it should? (And sorry, if Mr Mouse should have read Ms Mouse
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