Battery help? (maybe)

fatburg · 07-30-2008, 07:48 PM

alright so here is the issue. My bike hasn't been running the greatest, the other day it died when I stopped for a minute, but it started right back up but needed a little throttle to get her smooth.

next symptom, i have a second headlight wired up on my FZ and when I pull in the clutch the one headlight dims almost to off and as soon as I put load on it again it brightens back up.

So thinking that since the battery is 4 years old I go and check the voltage across the leads to my battery tender connector being that it is wired straight to the battery....0V. So do I have to have the battery disconnected to get voltage across it??? I can't think of a reason except maybe the starter coil why it would be 0V.

thoughts?

07-30-2008, 07:48 PM	#1
fatburg Grill Master Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kansas City, MO Moto: Yamaha FZ6 Posts: 960	Battery help? (maybe) alright so here is the issue. My bike hasn't been running the greatest, the other day it died when I stopped for a minute, but it started right back up but needed a little throttle to get her smooth. next symptom, i have a second headlight wired up on my FZ and when I pull in the clutch the one headlight dims almost to off and as soon as I put load on it again it brightens back up. So thinking that since the battery is 4 years old I go and check the voltage across the leads to my battery tender connector being that it is wired straight to the battery....0V. So do I have to have the battery disconnected to get voltage across it??? I can't think of a reason except maybe the starter coil why it would be 0V. thoughts?

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