I think the whole thing of the batteries has became a Russian roulette. When I got my NH750 it came with a Yuasa battery. I used it for 4 years, never bothered to plug it to a tender when I was using it, and it always fired up at the first try. So I figure these must be the best batteries in the world. I got another Yuasa for my cbr out of amazon and it came defective. Got a second one now for the 750, which worked only for one season.. they were junk.
Last year in June I decided to get a new one in a hurry and went to Autozone, I think (or the other one). Got one of the generic ones they sell. Put it on the bike, rode for about a month, and then it was time to move. The bike went into a container since August I think. Came to California and sat in the garage since. Two days ago I decided to check, assuming the battery must be completely dead. Turned the key, the head light came on strong, pushed the started and it cranked no problem. It is now on a tender, must be one of the good ones! Javier. On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 8:28 AM, mark weisenfeld <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, Kyle, I've been there with the '83 550. Particularly tricky. > Since it is electronic ignition, you need some voltage to even get a spark. > > I think I related this before. I had an appointment in Seattle, an hour > drive (without delays, like an overturned propane truck). > I borrowed my wife's Gerbings heated liner and took off. It was a glorious > ride! Everything started and worked fine on the way back too. Another > glorious ride as the cold evening weather set in. > When I got home I shut off to open the garage door and it would not start > up again. It was really dead. I was really glad I did not stop along the > way. > > Never had any actual charging issues with that bike, but I found that you > can suck all the alternator current out with a heater even on the freeway. > But that's another story. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
