Good morning, gents. I try to do as much forum searching before I ask something that may have already been stated/asked/requested. I have recently purchased a 2011 Honda ST1300PA former Fresno Police Motorcycle. I have a bit of work I need to perform on her before I consider her more road worthy. I am removing/painting the fairings. I am removing the aluminum Police engine guards. I have spark plugs and a K&N air filter coming in for a tune. I am going to send the gauge out to BlueGauges.com to have them change the lighting. I purchased a set of Delkevic 13" SS Tri-Oval mufflers to rid myself of the George Jetson OEM cat mufflers. I also need to flush/bleed the brake system and I want to change her oil and shaft gear fluid. ( I have appreciated a few people in this forum emailing me methods to work on the brake system )
One issue I have come across since riding her, is either the battery Is bad, or there seems to be a parasitic draw. I have ordered a new YTZ14S gel battery as a replacement. The bike still has the old Police right hand switch and all the wiring that goes with it for sirens, lights, etc. I am curious if all of this extra wiring is assisting in the draw (I have not performed a voltage test but I was made aware of voltage regulator issues with this model of Honda). It should be easy to just remove this switch and replace it with an OEM switch for this model, right? Also I need to install a new horn since the horn switch also seems to have been hooked up to a Police electronic that is no longer on the motorcycle. I bought the bike with 38k miles from a Police auction for $4k.
One issue I have come across since riding her, is either the battery Is bad, or there seems to be a parasitic draw. I have ordered a new YTZ14S gel battery as a replacement. The bike still has the old Police right hand switch and all the wiring that goes with it for sirens, lights, etc. I am curious if all of this extra wiring is assisting in the draw (I have not performed a voltage test but I was made aware of voltage regulator issues with this model of Honda). It should be easy to just remove this switch and replace it with an OEM switch for this model, right? Also I need to install a new horn since the horn switch also seems to have been hooked up to a Police electronic that is no longer on the motorcycle. I bought the bike with 38k miles from a Police auction for $4k.
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