12-21-2014, 12:30 PM
Thanks guys,
My first reaction was that it would be the battery itself first rather than stator or rectifier or bad connections. And, pulling the battery out and putting it back in the terminals were totally fine.
I guess the rest of the metal on the bike should be grounded so I can test the minus lead with anything else metal, but I dunno about the plus. But since the console comes on and the lights come on I am inclined to think that the connections are just fine, too. And if a fuse was blown then the circuit would be open and nothing should come on at all and the starter motor wouldn't have made that little bit of noise on first try.
After charging on the tender it does show 12.74V on my cheapo multimeter with no load, I will take it to PepBoys or the dealership in the morning on the way to work and have them do a load test for me.
The Yuasa batteries online say one year warranty (I'm a little past a year and a half with the bike) but I'll see if I can figure out if it's covered under Honda's warranty (or maybe the extended warranty, I was a sucker and bought that.. but if it covers a battery that otherwise goes for 140 bucks then that's a good chunk of it right there).
No previous owner to speak of and I haven't made any mods to the bike, though I was considering putting in a splice to the battery so I could eventually use a heated vest next winter.. Haven't gotten around to it or had enough time to ride this winter to care.
My first reaction was that it would be the battery itself first rather than stator or rectifier or bad connections. And, pulling the battery out and putting it back in the terminals were totally fine.
I guess the rest of the metal on the bike should be grounded so I can test the minus lead with anything else metal, but I dunno about the plus. But since the console comes on and the lights come on I am inclined to think that the connections are just fine, too. And if a fuse was blown then the circuit would be open and nothing should come on at all and the starter motor wouldn't have made that little bit of noise on first try.
After charging on the tender it does show 12.74V on my cheapo multimeter with no load, I will take it to PepBoys or the dealership in the morning on the way to work and have them do a load test for me.
The Yuasa batteries online say one year warranty (I'm a little past a year and a half with the bike) but I'll see if I can figure out if it's covered under Honda's warranty (or maybe the extended warranty, I was a sucker and bought that.. but if it covers a battery that otherwise goes for 140 bucks then that's a good chunk of it right there).
No previous owner to speak of and I haven't made any mods to the bike, though I was considering putting in a splice to the battery so I could eventually use a heated vest next winter.. Haven't gotten around to it or had enough time to ride this winter to care.