Battery issues

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I may be talking out of my arse here but I have read somewhere that these motobatt batteries don't like to be deep cycled (allowed to go completely flat), they will look like they are taking a charge but won't have the amps to start.


You could try giving it a jolt from a 12V car battery to see if that wakes it up then give it a charge. You may just have a defective battery and if it was me I would fit a new one before going away.

I don't know about the deep cycle bit, but a car battery jump start would certainly get it going. (ofcourse with the engine off!)
There's a thread on here somewhere where some American dude tested a load of bike batteries to absolute extreme lengths over about a year. The motobatt came out on top overall. Does anyone know where that thread is?