TriggerT
Mr. Impatient
A little back ground before I get to the heart of the problem.
The bike is a 2006, with 18K miles on it. I almost never ride for less than 30-45 minutes at a stretch. I keep the bike on a battery tender during the winter, but it is in a non-heated garage, and this winter has been BRUTAL! never had a single problem up until now.
OK, I run a Gerbing heated jacket liner on the bike, and the ZUMO GPS. I used the Gerbing liner all last fall, and didn't have any problems what so ever. My very nice wife got me a ZUMO for X-Mas this year, so I added it during the 4 months of down time this winter. Both of these items are hooked DIRRECTLY TO THE BATTERY, using the supplied wiring with in-line fuses.
I rode 3 times last week, and everything worked great. I have been leaving the ZUMO in the cradle all of the time. Yesterday I went to leave for work and the bike only cranked about 3 or 4 times, and then nothing. I had noticed that it started a little harder than normal when I rode it the day before, but I didn't give it that much thought. I put the bike back on the Battery Tender for the 12 hours while I was at work, with the ZUMO still in the cradle. When I got home last night the bike cranked about 3 or 4 times, and then nothing.
I start to think that the battery is just shot, even though it is less than 2 years old, and has been well cared for. So I took the ZUMO off of the bike, and left it on the Battery Tender for another 12 hours through the night. Sure as hell, this morning the bike fired right up. No problem at all.
So is the ZUMO pulling power from the battery even though it is turned of? Did I FOOK something up while wiring the ZUMO to the bike? Should I just replace the battery? Anyone else have a problem like this?
OK Electrical gurus, I am looking for some help. By the way, I have a volt meter on order, so I will then have a good idea of what kind of output the bike is generating.
The bike is a 2006, with 18K miles on it. I almost never ride for less than 30-45 minutes at a stretch. I keep the bike on a battery tender during the winter, but it is in a non-heated garage, and this winter has been BRUTAL! never had a single problem up until now.
OK, I run a Gerbing heated jacket liner on the bike, and the ZUMO GPS. I used the Gerbing liner all last fall, and didn't have any problems what so ever. My very nice wife got me a ZUMO for X-Mas this year, so I added it during the 4 months of down time this winter. Both of these items are hooked DIRRECTLY TO THE BATTERY, using the supplied wiring with in-line fuses.
I rode 3 times last week, and everything worked great. I have been leaving the ZUMO in the cradle all of the time. Yesterday I went to leave for work and the bike only cranked about 3 or 4 times, and then nothing. I had noticed that it started a little harder than normal when I rode it the day before, but I didn't give it that much thought. I put the bike back on the Battery Tender for the 12 hours while I was at work, with the ZUMO still in the cradle. When I got home last night the bike cranked about 3 or 4 times, and then nothing.
I start to think that the battery is just shot, even though it is less than 2 years old, and has been well cared for. So I took the ZUMO off of the bike, and left it on the Battery Tender for another 12 hours through the night. Sure as hell, this morning the bike fired right up. No problem at all.
So is the ZUMO pulling power from the battery even though it is turned of? Did I FOOK something up while wiring the ZUMO to the bike? Should I just replace the battery? Anyone else have a problem like this?
OK Electrical gurus, I am looking for some help. By the way, I have a volt meter on order, so I will then have a good idea of what kind of output the bike is generating.
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