So I tried starting the bike yesterday, with a charged battery and everything tightened, and on the first try there was no sound, no clicking, no starter motor noise. I honked the horn to test if the battery was good, and it's good. Then I waited a minute and I hit the starter button and this time the starter motor started working but no cigar. I kept trying to start the bike and eventually the battery begins to fade because the lights were dimming when I hit the start button. I brought the battery back to my charger and it was in the yellow zone(pic below) of my charger. It took less than an hour and the charger indicated the battery was charged.



I brought the battery back the next morning, hooked it up, and on the first try, it did the same thing as yesterday, there was no noise but the horn was good. I waited again and on the second try, the bike started for like 1 second and I let go thinking it was all good. It died and it just wont turn over again, not even for a sec, and the battery was dying after a few tries.

I'm wondering...

1) Is the battery charger and the battery matching? The battery says STD: 0.9A x 5~10h and QUICK: 9A x 0.5h....the charger settings doesnt have 9 or .9A(I'm guessing Amps), it only has 2 amp and 6 amp. I'm charging at 6 amp.

2)Why is it done charging so fast when the battery is drained?

3)Also, once the charger indicates green(done charging), I leave the charger connected to the battery because I thought that was just too darn fast for it to be done charging, and sometimes it goes back red(needs charging)?

 

is this an old battery?
sounds like a dead cell or something. can you borrow another batt to try?

and the best setting to charge a batt is the lowest setting

 

could be a dead cell as mentioned above. How is the water level and electrolyte level?

 

do they still even make batteries you can pop the tops?

 

The battery is about a year old now, but I dont ride the bike everyday. It's a sealed type battery, is it safe to open it to check? Also, I just want to point out that not long ago when I was charging it, I heard some boiling noise...

 

indeed they do, the sealed ones have them taped off is all and cutting the tape will void any warranty of the battery.

Even if you have a dead cell, you can hear the bubbling. Still does not mean that it will hold a charge, or you may have had it on the high setting for too long and boiled it. take your battery into your local battery plus retailer or something similar and have it tested for free.

 

his charger is automatic. wouldn't that have prevented overcharge?

 

I am not a battery expert nor pretend to be one but you are correct that the automatic ones should prevent overcharging. What I do know is that testing the battery is free. I am not familiar with this other "automatic" charger but it should do just fine. So I could be way off base.....lol

 

Automatic chargers may work (questionably) fine on car batteries, but on smaller batteries they will overbake. Yes; yes, plenty of guys think they can connect these "computer -controlled" chargers to bike batteries over the winter and walk away until next spring. NOPE. Don't do it. Once you overbake 'em, just save yourself some aggravation and get a new battery. Disconnect it and bring it into the house during the winter so it doesn't freeze and go stale (unless you enjoy riding in very cold temps like I do.) Seriously, the less you can connect chargers to your battery, the better. Ride your bike; keep it charged, or get a new one.

 

Two quickest ways to kill a perfectly good battery: Overcharge or store it uncharged.

Ride the bike or use an appropriate charger. If you can find an AGM battery that fits (no idea since haven't had a bike in very many moons) they will charge rapidly, never spill even if broken, will last longer between charges if sitting, be more forgiving, and in every way imaginable be better & last WAY longer. Only one problem- the technology co$t$. You get what you pay for! If it isn't already the norm I'd sure pay the price. Use one on my boat & another to power my ham radio gear.