I am not sure about the answer, but I bet you will run out of gas before you run out of amps. In any case, for a normal bike, this should take of the order of many hours. If you are actually seating on traffic for that long you will probably shut the engine off, or kill yourself.
Javier. On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:57 PM, James O'Gorman <[email protected]> wrote: > That depends on the amp-hours that your battery can store. See if your > battery has that info on it. > For the most part, don't worry too much about it. If you're really > concerned, you could switch your headlight to low beams. That's about the > biggest draw in the bike's system next to (and likely surpassing. the > ignition. Honda designed them this way, and I've never heard of someone > idling their battery dead, although it is possible. You could put your bike > in neutral and rev to 1500 if you're getting close, but I wouldn't worry. > > - James O > > > On Feb 27, 2011, at 3:19 PM, Stefano Ascari wrote: > > Hi All, > this might come off as a dumb question so sorry if the answer is an obvious > one. I've searched around online for the answer but I can't seem to find > one. > I have a 650sc and the discharge rate of the battery at idle is about > 10amps. The manual says that the charger system will not charge the battery > at under 1500 rpms. So basically my question is this: How long can I be > stuck in traffic before the battery dies out on me? Is there a way to > circumvent this (i.e. turn off engine)? > > Thanks in advance, > > Stefano > > -- > Web Design solutions: > http://www.stefanoascari.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
