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Unzunz
Posted on Monday, March 20, 2017 - 05:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Here is the story: my Blast doesn’t want to start.
I put the battery on the charger and after 1 hour it says it’s full and working, but when I reinstall it, the bike doesn’t start anyway, I just hear the click.

Try to push start, and she finally decides to work. So I drive it to the nearest repair shop and ask them to give it a look.

The mechanic leave the battery on charge 48 hours, and declares it’s dead. OK, maybe my charger was too optimistic... Anyway, he then tell me he has to put a new battery to be able to perform a diagnostic, because my battery is so dead he can’t do it even keeping the battery plugged to the charger. The go on asking 150$ for a new battery.

Now, with 75 you can already get a pretty decent Yuasa so the price seems a tad to high, and secondly, how is it that he can’t run a diagnostic without a working battery? Does it make sense to you? I feel like he is trying to find excuses to charge me as much as possible, but maybe I am too defensive.
Any advise?
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Gearheaderiko
Posted on Monday, March 20, 2017 - 08:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yes. Buy a new battery elsewhere. Put it in your bike. Diagnose it yourself. It won't be difficult.
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Crackhead
Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 03:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

For $150 could could get a LFP-4 battery and still have change left over.
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Bumblebee
Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 10:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Just make certain it's a "leak proof" type, an AGM or gel type. Because of the way they mount a "flooded" battery will leak allover and make a real mess.
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Bumblebee
Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 10:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Just make certain it's a "leak proof" type, an AGM or gel type. Because of the way they mount a "flooded" battery will leak allover and make a real mess.

As the Blast I have gets older I am seeing all sorts of strange electrical issues. None with the harness, but the switches. These seem to give problems.
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