This is on my uncles Goldwing. Less than a year ago I bought a new battery from a local batteries plus store for my uncles bike. The old one was dead and the family wanted to have his bike at the funeral, so I replaced it. Admittedly the bike pretty much sat for the last year, my aunt would start it about once a month and let it run for 5 minutes but I know that not the same as taking it out for a good ride. A family friend got a battery tender and put in on the bike towards the end of summer, so the bike was on it all winter and my aunt would still start it.
Fast forward till last Friday when I go to pick the bike up to show it to a potential buyer, I hit turn the key and hear the full pump cycle and then hit the starter button and just a click, nothing else. Keep in mind I just unhooked the tender. So we my aunts battery charger out and let it charge for 5 minutes and then it fires up. I rode it the 60 miles or so home and shut it off, I immediately tried starting it and it fired up not problem. The next morning I go out to start it and it won't start, charge again 5 minutes and it starts and I leave to meet the buyer. Of course I pull in and put the kick stand down and kill the bike doing so, it won't restart. Luckily we meet where I could go in and get jumper cables and the buyer jumped the bike (I know this isn't the best way to do it, but its the only option I had at the time, we left his car shut off). So I stop on the way home at the Easter Egg hunt to watch my son, when its over I go to the bike and it cranks a bit but fires up. So I get home and put the bike on my tender thinking maybe something was wrong with the one my aunt had, let it sit till tonight and the tender read fully charged. As soon as I hit the starter button I get a click again, hook the charger up for 10 minutes and still nothing. So I pull the car over, shut it off and jump it with the car battery. The bike fires up but as soon as I take the cables off the car battery the bike dies.
With the key shut off the battery test 12.5V, turn the key on and it goes to 3.5V. Bad Battery? Won't hold enough charge to start or keep the bike running? Do you think batteries plus will replace it without a receipt?
Fast forward till last Friday when I go to pick the bike up to show it to a potential buyer, I hit turn the key and hear the full pump cycle and then hit the starter button and just a click, nothing else. Keep in mind I just unhooked the tender. So we my aunts battery charger out and let it charge for 5 minutes and then it fires up. I rode it the 60 miles or so home and shut it off, I immediately tried starting it and it fired up not problem. The next morning I go out to start it and it won't start, charge again 5 minutes and it starts and I leave to meet the buyer. Of course I pull in and put the kick stand down and kill the bike doing so, it won't restart. Luckily we meet where I could go in and get jumper cables and the buyer jumped the bike (I know this isn't the best way to do it, but its the only option I had at the time, we left his car shut off). So I stop on the way home at the Easter Egg hunt to watch my son, when its over I go to the bike and it cranks a bit but fires up. So I get home and put the bike on my tender thinking maybe something was wrong with the one my aunt had, let it sit till tonight and the tender read fully charged. As soon as I hit the starter button I get a click again, hook the charger up for 10 minutes and still nothing. So I pull the car over, shut it off and jump it with the car battery. The bike fires up but as soon as I take the cables off the car battery the bike dies.
With the key shut off the battery test 12.5V, turn the key on and it goes to 3.5V. Bad Battery? Won't hold enough charge to start or keep the bike running? Do you think batteries plus will replace it without a receipt?
