superbadgrandad Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 Hi. I have an 03 Fazer 600 with a duff battery (26 months old, garaged over winter, connected to an optimate and still duff!) Anybody point me towards the best place to buy a replacement please? Also, has anybody else had a short battery life? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjam Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 We just got this with our car. The mechanic said that the cold snaps recently had recently caused a purge of batteries to fail. No other choice but to replace it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolfg Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Hi. I have an 03 Fazer 600 with a duff battery (26 months old, garaged over winter, connected to an optimate and still duff!) Anybody point me towards the best place to buy a replacement please? Also, has anybody else had a short battery life? Cheers I have an FZ1 (fazer 1000) 2001 with 30 000 km on it now. Am on my 2nd Battery and it let me down recently when riding near San Antonio Texas(on Vacation) My theory is: I might not be running at high enough rpm to charge (coming from a BMW, that is almost excusable! But then again, for many months on end,all was fine. Also make sure your tricklecharger has the required 14 V-15V output. Last summer I paid Canadian$$ 207 for the sealed replacement Battery. Good luck, Rolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motoman Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 i put a new battery in my fzr last year, done 2000 miles and garaged it for winter. took battery out to charge it 3 weeks ago ( flat as i expected) and it wouldnt charge. there were no led's lit on my charger indicating no current passing through the cells. decided to leave it on charge overnite just in case, and after 8 hours the led's slowly started to light up. the battery eventually took a full charge after about 14 hours. suspect no conduction through the electrolyte due to the cold weather, ( water seperation) but once it gradually heats up it allows the current to flow freely. try it and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator YamaHead Posted March 29, 2005 Moderator Share Posted March 29, 2005 Amazing how the Temperature can have such an effect on things electrical! Even though I ride everyday, year-round........the really cold spells that hit sometimes, require me to run a space heater in the Garage overnight, right next to the engine cases......which not only heats up the oil a bit, but also warms up the Ignition too........makes for alot easier starting by morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolfg Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Amazing how the Temperature can have such an effect on things electrical! Even though I ride everyday, year-round........the really cold spells that hit sometimes, require me to run a space heater in the Garage overnight, right next to the engine cases......which not only heats up the oil a bit, but also warms up the Ignition too........makes for alot easier starting by morning. Maybe the oil you use during the cold season is too heavy? I had put in 10-40 last fall and my FZ1 starts fine in cold(Canadian) weather. It is kept in an unheated shed,so temp inside and out is very close. There is also a Motorcycle oil W0-40 Amsoil on the market. I'll be trying that out. Having had problems with my battery(and/or charging sysyem) I played it cool today. Went for about 140km ride and took aling a fully charged spare(identical) Battery. I kept the rev's up. 4500 t0 6500 rpm. Guess what? Nothing went wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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