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Nextcorner
Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 01:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Bike is 2003 XB9R. Last weekend, I tried to start her up for the 3rd ride since winter (sad, I know). It's been 2 months since she's been started. When hitting the starter, all I hear is "click, click, click, click" about 10 times per second. I've heard this before and I would usually charge the battery and be good to go. I let the charger sit on over-night at 2 amps. The next morning, the same thing happens.

I then tried to jump start it with my boat battery (cranking). I still got the same results. I had enough and decided to take out the battery and buy a new one the next day. Since I had the battery out, I decided to hook it up to the charger over-night for the hell of it. The next morning, she took a charge and started right up. I thought I was good to go, but this weekend was the same thing. Any thoughts?

I eventually got it to start with a charger that has a 50-amp starting setting on it.
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Nextcorner
Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 01:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Throughout the years of owning the bike, I have noticed that mine always started a little harder than everyone else's. It would always do 1 or 2 slow cranks before cranking at "normal" speed. It seemed that all the other Buell's would just have to barely touch the starter and it would fire right up....
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Nextcorner
Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 01:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Ha! Post title should read BATTERY. I'm not cooking fish.....
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B00stzx3
Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 02:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Maybe replace the battery? Maybe a buddy has a battery you can borrow to test with before you one outright.
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Gentleman_jon
Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 02:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Could be a number of things.

First of all, if it is the original battery,
your plan of replacing it sounds like a good idea.

You seem to be saying that your original battery would work the day after it was charged, but after a week, it would not.

Sounds like it either will not hold a charge, or it is not getting charged by the bikes alternator.

In this case, since the battery is old, and you do not appear to have ridden the bike, the first thing I would do is put the new battery in after charging it over night, and see how that goes.

If that does not work, you may have a drain on the battery .

You also need to do something about the boat battery
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Nextcorner
Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 02:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

This battery is only a year old. It's not the original.

I will probably bring the battery into AutoZone or somewhere that has a tester.
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Sloppy
Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 02:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It is CRITICAL that you get a TRICKLE CHARGER if you don't ride your bike for extended periods of times.

I highly recommend a Battery Tender Plus.

You may be able to recover your battery (I've saved hundreds of dollars myself) with the Battery Tender.
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