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Alex · August 23rd, 2015, 04:31 PM

Rolled the 300 out to the driveway this morning to join a group ride, turned the key, and nothing. Nada. Dash wouldn't even come on. The GPS was powered on, so the battery has at least as much power as 2 AA batteries, but that might be it.

I plugged in a battery tender into the plug I'd installed, and the blinking red light didn't even stop blinking to show that charging has started; it's as if the battery is completely disconnected. I put the gerbing heat controller there, and it wouldn't even power the LED light. Weird!

I started to take the seat off to get to the battery itself, but forgot about the cover and other wiring you need to move on the 300, so I said heck with it and took the other bike. Now that I'm back home, will cool off for a little while before going out to the garage and seeing if the battery is truly dead. Seems a little early for one of these to go kaput...

August 23rd, 2015, 04:31 PM	#1
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Dead battery? Rolled the 300 out to the driveway this morning to join a group ride, turned the key, and nothing. Nada. Dash wouldn't even come on. The GPS was powered on, so the battery has at least as much power as 2 AA batteries, but that might be it. I plugged in a battery tender into the plug I'd installed, and the blinking red light didn't even stop blinking to show that charging has started; it's as if the battery is completely disconnected. I put the gerbing heat controller there, and it wouldn't even power the LED light. Weird! I started to take the seat off to get to the battery itself, but forgot about the cover and other wiring you need to move on the 300, so I said heck with it and took the other bike. Now that I'm back home, will cool off for a little while before going out to the garage and seeing if the battery is truly dead. Seems a little early for one of these to go kaput... __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)