Page 2 of 2
Re: She go!!!!!!
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:48 am
by gspd
Doug wrote:...did a jump start from the car and it fired up instantly!... So I guess it was the new battery after all.
Thanks blokes again for your advice
Yur welcum.
I will be anxiously awaiting your check in the mail
Re: She no go!!
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:58 pm
by Dave Backmarker
Doug,
Glad you've isolated the problem. I scanned this thread to see if I might add anything. Nope! Great replies! This thread is an excellent reference for trouble-shooting a suspected starter problem.
DaveM
1975 R90S, 2000 R1100RT
Re: Well there ya go!
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:50 pm
by Doug
Final chapter in my battery/starter motor saga.. I took the offending battery back to Bockmanns where they put it ontto a load tester... result wis theoretically fullcharged, but very low power output available... the battery was (as we say colloquially in Aus, ) rooted!
With a replacement new battery on board, she goes!!... fired first go.. and we soared off up the road!!
Who would have thought that a new battery was at fault and not the grimey old electrical innards of a 26y/o bike!!... Well maybe I shouldnt be surprised... and have more respect for the original engineering of my R65... which, incidently, I now have considerably more intimate knowledge than previously!... So the sun is shining and the road is beckoning again!
Thanks again for your ideas...
Doug
You should address your Invoices to Bockmann's Batteries, Hume Street Albury!!!... and good luck!!