flat battery again, help please.

[sut]

hi guys

i posted on here on the 2nd sep that my wife had a flat abttery on her 2020 forza 125.

again today after the bike being parked up for a 7 days her battery is totally flat to the point we cant move the keyless switch on the bike to be able to release the seat. tomorrow we will do the emergency entry thing to release the seat and get the battery out and charge it again,

i assume the battery keeps dying as it has a alarm and tracker connected to it, now obviously i dont want to remove these as she has had 2 bike stolen prior.

my question is. can i buy a better battery that wont go flat as quickly ? and if so what one ? or is there a device that i can connect to the battery that can sit under the seat give it a charge to stop this happening ?

or any other ideas that could solve this problem.

thank you
anthony

[jeffyjeff]

Could be your antitheft alarm is draining your battery, or it might be on its last legs. Have your battery tested before spending money on a new one. You can install a device called a battery tender. It is a small charger intended to maintain your battery during periods of storage. They come with a small pigtail that allows quick disconnect and reconnect, and should be strong enough to keep your battery charged and power your antitheft alarm.
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[doggone]

An alarm and tracker certainly could drain the battery but it should be two to four weeks at worst normally.

Since it's been let go flat the battery performance will have taken a permanent hit and first option would be replace it.
You might find a similar size one with more amps but a small battery with significant drain and colder weather won't be happy unless you can set up a trickle charger when you know it won't be used for a few days or longer.

It is possible something else is a bit faulty and draining it too.
I've seen a hazard lights (switch) cause enough drain to run a tractor flat in a couple of days.
You could check through what's using power with a multimeter combined with pulling fuses one by one.

[colink98]

[MCN]

I won't fit another Yuasa.
They do not take any mishandling well.
I've fitted two within three years to my S1000RR which is normally on a maintenance charger in the garage.

I just fitted a motobat to the bike and will fit another motobat to my k1300 in a couple of week too.
I'm using an old motobat that was removed three years ago in the 1300 now. 😎

But as mentioned above, if not on a charger then the battery will run down.

You should get yourself a meter to check that there is no consumer draining the battery when the bike is parked.
And check that the charging system is functioning properly not over charging or under charging.

Overcharging a battery will destroy it definitely.
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[jaffa90]

Who fitted the alarm and tracker ?
If it was the Honda dealer then it should be under warranty.

[MCN]

[Robby]

When I had a cheap ebay tracker it used to drain the battery fairly quickly. This is probably because I had it set up to report its location frequently.

If it is a proper, professionally fitted tracker than it should be a bit better on battery life, but still I'm not surprised by it draining the battery on a 125 in a week. 125s tend to have 2-4Ah batteries. Big bikes more likely to have 10-12Ah batteries.

Leave it on a battery tender.

[sut]

thanks for all the help guys.

the honda forza is brand new less than 2 months old. so the battery is brand new but if the bike is un-used for a few days the battery dies.

the alarm and tracker was brought cheap from ebay / amazon, so i assume these or more likely the tracker as the alarm still works when battery is flat.

i will have to look into as jeff says a battery tender as at the minute i am just having to keep recharging the battery and that will just kill the battery in the end.

[jaffa90]

Oh dear, i would reverse what has been done and buy a heavy duty padlock and chain which cannot be hand cropped. Also your battery is coming up as 12volt 7.5A/H.

[davebike]

We had several bikes with trackers fitted flatten the battery !
You need a maintance charger ! No other option if teh bike is going to be unused fro more the 48 hours

Trackers are a gps equiped mobile phone each time it txts it draws lots of power !
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[xX-Alex-Xx]

If you need a tracker, can't you get one with a built in battery that's charged by a circuit that's only on with the ignition? Just make sure the battery in the tracker is large enough to power it for the length of time between rides..
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[bugeye_bob]

Or the alarm internal batteries are dead and its constantly charging,
I fit a lot of trackers and Id be surprised if its that if its working correctly,
Trackers use very little current, I have a few stand alone trackers I rent out and the batteries last months with no other source to charge them, 5 months is the record with a daily update, these are also on vibration alert so will also ping a text off if its moved or goes over a preset speed limit, so they are getting some use.

Best bet would be charge the battery and only leave one of these new devices connected, see what happens, if the alarm stays connected and the battery is fine then obviously it points to the tracker.

[to v or not to v]

one would hope he has fixed the issue by now

[MCN]

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[MCN]