10-21-2016, 08:59 AM
I mentioned that my battery had been acting up in another thread about that, where a few others had experienced this as well.
It was a low battery/low cranking issue, which was cured with a jump.
I pulled out the battery and charged it fully, reinstalled it, checked the charging system - it was at a nice 14.1V at idle.
I fired the bike up and started to go for a ride and after a couple of hundred yards, it died completely. A few red warning lights flashed and then it went dark. No juice at all.
I was able to get in my car and go get an inexpensive ($99) battery from Cycle Gear and install it within about an hour. That fixed it right up. Plenty of juice.
The caution here being that charging an ailing battery and hoping it'll last one more ride is not going to work for those of us who got faulty batteries.
The only thing that can really cause a total electrical failure is a bad cell in the battery, which in this case means a bad, defective product from Yuasa.
I have two other bikes I bought around the same time as the CB1100, their batteries are going strong and both have at least the same number of miles, if not more.
The battery was frequently charged with a Battery Tender wall-wart unit (0.75A charging rate with float charge). It was never discharged.
If you suspect your battery of problems, replace it if you don't want to be stuck somewhere. I am very thankful this happened right out of the gate and not on the freeway.
P. S. The noisome element here is that I just yesterday paid $210 for a new Shorai LiFe battery. Looks like I have a backup now.
It was a low battery/low cranking issue, which was cured with a jump.
I pulled out the battery and charged it fully, reinstalled it, checked the charging system - it was at a nice 14.1V at idle.
I fired the bike up and started to go for a ride and after a couple of hundred yards, it died completely. A few red warning lights flashed and then it went dark. No juice at all.
I was able to get in my car and go get an inexpensive ($99) battery from Cycle Gear and install it within about an hour. That fixed it right up. Plenty of juice.
The caution here being that charging an ailing battery and hoping it'll last one more ride is not going to work for those of us who got faulty batteries.
The only thing that can really cause a total electrical failure is a bad cell in the battery, which in this case means a bad, defective product from Yuasa.
I have two other bikes I bought around the same time as the CB1100, their batteries are going strong and both have at least the same number of miles, if not more.
The battery was frequently charged with a Battery Tender wall-wart unit (0.75A charging rate with float charge). It was never discharged.
If you suspect your battery of problems, replace it if you don't want to be stuck somewhere. I am very thankful this happened right out of the gate and not on the freeway.
P. S. The noisome element here is that I just yesterday paid $210 for a new Shorai LiFe battery. Looks like I have a backup now.