Is my battery knackered or? (Fixed)

[JiveBunny]

Trouble with my Daelim 125 FI again.

It has a suspected flat battery in my opinion I am looking for someone to confirm this.

Before I start yes I do have heated grips (Oxford) but they haven't worked for a good two months so have been disconnected.

All through the colder months it has been hard starting anyway this morning leaving work I come to my bike I go to start wouldn't fire up.

Luckily I was near a big hill so managed to bump start in first gear this got me home fine.

I went out about 17:30 to start it up again half guessed it wouldn't and it didn't.

I have been struggling the past one and half hours running up and down the street trying to bump start it again to no avail even went down a fairly large hill still wouldn't fire up.

Is it possible for me to remove the battery from the bike and take it to where I bought it from so he can charge it? Or does it need to be connected to the bike?

Video here.

[JiveBunny]

https://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_263941_langId_-1_categoryId_165547#tab3

Would this be suitable to revive my battery do you think?

[mudcow007]

why don't you just buy a new battery?

if the battery is really that dead the plates will be damaged inside it

[JiveBunny]

[_mjs_]

Whereabouts do you live? I just bought another battery and now it turns out my starter motor was fucked.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Probably. But would be good to know if it is actually charging the battery. If you have access to a voltmeter then connect that to the battery terminals with the engine running. Check the voltage and that it goes up as you rev the engine. If the voltage does go up check that it maxes out around 14.5~15 volts.

A new battery is not likely to be expensive.

All the best

Keith
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[JiveBunny]

[JiveBunny]

[Kickstart]

Hi

You should be able to pick up a cheap multimeter for about £5, and that is all you need to check the voltage.

Cranking it over on the starter motor does use a lot of battery power. Easy enough to flatten the battery doing that. But I would expect it to charge up fairly rapidly with use unless you are just doing short journies.

All the best

Keith
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[JiveBunny]

[_mjs_]

[JiveBunny]

I live more toward the Wakefield area.

[_mjs_]

[JiveBunny]

[Kickstart]

[_mjs_]

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[Dave-the-rave]

Maplin sells multi meters.

[Shinigami]

You should always have a charger. Also there's no real excuse to not get a multimeter as they're so cheap and damn useful for diagnosis
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[JiveBunny]

I have come up with a cunning plan or not. To push it a mile from my house about half past midnight (I don't have home start) and call out the AA so he can give me a fairly decent diagnosis as to what the problem is there and then with the tools I don't have.

Hopefully he will hook it on charge for half hour and a long ride will do the .

Thanks for the advice everyone especially for the battery offer I will keep this thread updated in case my bike needs a new one.

[JiveBunny]

So on my push I decided I would try bumping it again to my disbelief it fired up.

Before I was releasing the clutch and hitting the starter button.

Silly me.

Must of been over tired haven't slept going on twenty four hours and I had worked a fourteen hour shift the night before.

I went to the local BP for a bottle of Lucozade apart from the usual cutting out coming to a stop (coils I think) ran as usual fired straight back up off the starter button.

I went for a fifteen minute cruise parked up for ten minutes left it running. Just got back in. (Decided to save my last one AA call out you only get five before they start charging per call out).

So now my question: Is my battery likely to go flat again? Did it recharge its self? I am thinking it is starting off the button just because it is nice and toasty.

Also when I post random words appear to be missing my lack of grammar?

[JiveBunny]

I went out this morning it fired up fine. Last nights cruise must have recharged the battery.

How bizarre.

Ordered a multimeter anyway for any future problems.

Thanks for the help everyone.

[mudcow007]

glad you got it going

any idea how old the battery is?

tis the season (cold weather) for batteries to die/ not hold a charge....

[JiveBunny]

[JustinParker]

Battery on mine went pop last week too. I'd suggest same as others get a multimeter and check the voltage of the battery it'll need about 12.5Volts in order to get the bike started.

Get a cheap battery charger if you think the battery is worth trying to save. However a cheap battery may only last 12 months so worth spending a bit more on a quality item.