In Houston traffic I'm always more worried about the bike (or me) overheating before the battery craps out.
-Kyle On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
