SeanHowson

Well as the winter approaches my '98 sr125 is making an all out bid to stop me from getting... well... Anywhere. It failed to do so however today, I did 5 miles to school and then, one whole more mile afterwards... Pushing it to Halfords near to where my dad works (he came and gave me a hand). To cut it short, my battery is fairly well buggered, it just doesn't hold enough charge, it'd be fine in summer it's just to cold for the poor thing, i'm not doing long enough journeys/ miles at the moment to get it really well warmed up and to get the battery charging properly (to add to this i usually have my lights on). Would a battery optimizer be a good plan? I've quite a few relatives who have said they both used them on their much larger sports bikes. Does anyone know if this is a good plan or not or just any other suggestions? (i'm making the point of going out for longer rides where i can though i'm lacking time and a plentiful and much desired supply of money unfortunately at the moment). On another note, should I take note of what the small "usable range" window on my chain guard says in terms of chain tension, I've spoken to a number of people who've said just go by my own judgement or free play measurement which to me makes more sense as the usable range window on the chain guard does seem suggest my chain should be about as loose as a pair of jogging trousers. Though having said that, when I got the bike, the window suggested the chain was a tad tight, this chain shortly needed replacing oddly enough. (though i think it'd been sitting for a while before i had it, thus the chain had about a million tight and loose spots on it) Any comments are welcome or advice on anything remotely relevant Cheers Sean