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Windscreen not retracting w/ key off/neutral, etc??
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<blockquote data-quote="blakmambo" data-source="post: 1453374" data-attributes="member: 89945"><p>Latest update:</p><p></p><p>Went out this morning to get the bike ready for a little riding, turned the key on to put the brake lock in the fairing pocket and when I turned the key off, the windscreen dropped down, to the end of the holders range . . . but possibly not fully?? [photos attached]</p><p></p><p>So, that brought me back to one of the posts here about how "the microswitch might drain the battery"??? I had the bike plugged into a Battery Tender all night long. Got the multimeter out . . . standing volts showed 7.9 to 8.5V . . . kept jumping back and forth. Figured that was it for "the ride," but started it up while plugged in and ran the bike for 30 mins or so. About 20 mins in the running voltage went from the previous 8V to 13.9V . . . so I thought the battery was "charging." After I shut the bike down I checked the voltage and standing volts were back down to 7.9V . . . .</p><p></p><p>I just checked and the battery was installed in 11/18 . . . sort of toward the end of my semi-serious riding career . . . much of its "life" has been spent sitting.</p><p></p><p>So, I plugged the battery tender back in and I'll check it later. The question for the post is, did the windscreen staying in the "up" position drain or kill the battery, or, key off, so nothing was happening electrically?? And then, if the screen is "almost down" but not entirely, would that be putting a load on the battery, therefore making installation of new battery an effort in futility???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blakmambo, post: 1453374, member: 89945"] Latest update: Went out this morning to get the bike ready for a little riding, turned the key on to put the brake lock in the fairing pocket and when I turned the key off, the windscreen dropped down, to the end of the holders range . . . but possibly not fully?? [photos attached] So, that brought me back to one of the posts here about how "the microswitch might drain the battery"??? I had the bike plugged into a Battery Tender all night long. Got the multimeter out . . . standing volts showed 7.9 to 8.5V . . . kept jumping back and forth. Figured that was it for "the ride," but started it up while plugged in and ran the bike for 30 mins or so. About 20 mins in the running voltage went from the previous 8V to 13.9V . . . so I thought the battery was "charging." After I shut the bike down I checked the voltage and standing volts were back down to 7.9V . . . . I just checked and the battery was installed in 11/18 . . . sort of toward the end of my semi-serious riding career . . . much of its "life" has been spent sitting. So, I plugged the battery tender back in and I'll check it later. The question for the post is, did the windscreen staying in the "up" position drain or kill the battery, or, key off, so nothing was happening electrically?? And then, if the screen is "almost down" but not entirely, would that be putting a load on the battery, therefore making installation of new battery an effort in futility??? [/QUOTE]
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