13-08-13, 04:28 PM
I'm not very good on electrics, but if it were me I'd:
Charge the battery up fully.
Put it on the bike.
Turn the ignition on but not start the bike up
Then I'd turn the lights on to dip or main beam.
Then I'd leave it and see how long it took the battery to go semi flat.
If goes semi flat quite quickly you know you've got a duff battery (exactly how long pretty quickly is I don't know, but it should last longer than say fifteen minutes)
There's probably a simpler way of doing it with a multi-meter but I don't what it is.
Charge the battery up fully.
Put it on the bike.
Turn the ignition on but not start the bike up
Then I'd turn the lights on to dip or main beam.
Then I'd leave it and see how long it took the battery to go semi flat.
If goes semi flat quite quickly you know you've got a duff battery (exactly how long pretty quickly is I don't know, but it should last longer than say fifteen minutes)
There's probably a simpler way of doing it with a multi-meter but I don't what it is.