Battery going flat all the time????

G'day people,



I only ride my bike occasionally but find my battery is always flat even though I recharge it regulary. I sometimes only leave it for a few days and it goes flat. It's only a new battery and I have been through 3 of them since I bought the bike in late 2011. I didn't take a great deal of notice of it at the time as I was often away for extended periods without the bike being run. (up to 3 months)

Any tips on checking the electrics for what may be draining the battery would be appreciated? I suspect my GPS charger could be the culprit.

Cheers,

Aus

I was having problems with a car battery, and even just having the phone charger plugged in, but not connected to the phone, while its in the garage, was indeed sending the battery flat. Perhaps it is the GPS who is the culprit, or the stator (stater? ), as was my husband's Tiger problem recently. We bought a new battery and it still wouldnt start, and Peter Stevens found the stator needed replacing.. and nice pricely sum of $700..... Good luck

GPS units do chew through batteries so you might be right.

I presume the regulator rectifier recall was done on your bike ................if so then I would start looking at anything after market fitted as the culprit especially as you've already tried a new battery

Which models had that recall?

It was the early GSF series (07 and 08 from memory).

http://www.suzukimotorcycles.com.au/news/recall-service-campaigns/road.html

My battery goes flat too if I haven;t ridden it for around 3 weeks. Either hook up a battery tender or get a Solar charger to keep it in good shape while you are away and it'll be ready when you arrive back home.

I run a solar charger, but prefer my Battery fighter to be honest. If I was to buy a new one I'd get a Ctek http://www.ctek.com/au/en/chargers/12v the one I have for my thumper is an absolute ripper

Yep reddog is correct

http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/recall/suzuki-recalls-70000-motorcycles-faulty-rectifier/


ausrock50 has an 08 I believe

A dealer should be able to find out if the recall has been done on your bike.
If it has I would run a load check on the starter because I thought I had a battery issue but it turned out to be a farked starter.
After that I would disconnect a terminal and reconnect in a few days. If the battery is flat then you have a rooted battery. If not disconnect one accessory at a time. This will take a while.

Thanks for that poeple.

I have just finished recharging the battery with my trickle feed charger(Powertech) and it only took a couple of hours this time and yet it normally takes overnight. Disconnected the charger and pushed the starter and nothing. Re-connected the charger and it started.

So I'm thinking maybe 2wa is onto something with the starter. That is the 1st time it has ever done that after a re-charge though and a battery,from memory, only has to be 0.2volts less then required voltage and it will not start.

My light, on pushing starter button, is really dimming which would normally indicate a f*#ked battery.

I will have to get the rectifier checked anyway but my biggest prob with that is the only Suzi dealer anywhere near me is a TeamMoto dealer and this lot have a terrible reputation.

The joys of electrical faults. Out with the multimeter and sit and scratch my thick, bald head anyway.

ausrock50 wrote:

My light, on pushing starter button, is really dimming which would normally indicate a f*#ked battery.

Or extreme current draw.

Mate note down the vin and other details and ring any Suzuki dealer and if they have a spare 5 minutes they should be able to find out for you if the recall was done. Shit I even did mine at a Yamaha dealer.

Thanks for that 2wa. The dealer I use is a Yammy dealer and they do a great job. I will give them a call tomorrow.

Thanks again mate.

SuzySuzuki wrote:I was having problems with a car battery, and even just having the phone charger plugged in, but not connected to the phone, while its in the garage, was indeed sending the battery flat. Perhaps it is the GPS who is the culprit, or the stator (stater? ), as was my husband's Tiger problem recently. We bought a new battery and it still wouldnt start, and Peter Stevens found the stator needed replacing.. and nice pricely sum of $700..... Good luck

I rewind stators