oh dear bike won't start
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oh dear bike won't start
after having kid's for weekend an first night shift back tonight I decided to be up early an away on bike into the blue yonder ,haven't been near said machine in 2 week's due to earning beer token's at 12hr plus a shift so today's the day, a good 6hrs in the saddle an even play with my new sat nav,no fear of getting lost now well I didn't get lost 'cus I didn't get anywhere due to afore mentioned fact the bitch didn't start ,rat's, seemed like a low battery due to wonderful power drain from state of art screw your bike up alarm ,now as I live on a bloody great hill (it is wales)managed to turn bike around,very hard on hill this so don't try it ,an roll down hill ,sadly failure now faced with push uphill oh what fun the children had watching the various colour changes my face went through but got it back in garage (25mins later),so anyone else had this prob due to alarm or do I need a new battery ,bike is '99 R11s only had it a few weeks so don't know if it on original battery,maybe a trickle charger the way to go in future ,any ideas,comment rude or otherwise .Thanks for reading .Don
just do it
bike won't start
That's bad news don,i should expect wether or not your batteries the original or not if youv'e got an alarm your gonna need an optimate or similiar and there only 40 squidish. 
ruffy
Re: bike won't start
Yep ,guess youre right which means off with the plastic on bike and out with the plastic in wallet great life innit,never mind thou look at the aerobic and strength builing free workout I had pushing the beast uphill ,like money can't buy that sort of experience ,only been a couple of hrs an the heart's allready slowed back down to 95 beats a minRuffy wrote:That's bad news don,i should expect wether or not your batteries the original or not if youv'e got an alarm your gonna need an optimate or similiar and there only 40 squidish.
just do it
had same problem when I bought my S a few years ago, changed to the higher rated battery and even after 4 weeks with the alarm set it started up no problems. Have yet to use optimate that I bought at the same time, it got more use from the neighbours R6
Or get yourself an Odyssey battery, search the posts
Or get yourself an Odyssey battery, search the posts
oh dear bike wont start
well blow me over with a neutronic atomosing gizmo ,just went into garage to get something an while there tried bike an it burst into life with a roar so why the weedy labored effort of turning over this morn ,any ideas?
just do it
wont start
just what I need a talking battery 
but yep I think your right a optimiser an maybe a new battery are in order ,took it for a very quick spin an shoved it hard between junc's on nearby motorway then back on local road an must say can't wait for some quality time to have fun.thanks all .Don
but yep I think your right a optimiser an maybe a new battery are in order ,took it for a very quick spin an shoved it hard between junc's on nearby motorway then back on local road an must say can't wait for some quality time to have fun.thanks all .Donjust do it