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Originally Posted by Bob KellyIII
Pull the battery and charge it to full... and see if it holds it's charge ...if not the battery is toast.... it should read 12.5 fully charged and should hold that charge for weeks..... if you charge it up and it goes back down to 11.5vdc over a few days...the battery is on it's last leg and needs replaced.
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Bob.....
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May have been the battery, yes.. It was empty, and I had to jumpstart it when going to work recently. Drove for about 40 km, and it didn't start when I should return either, without jumpstarting it again. I have charged the battery (CTEK charger) and now it runs fine again.
Guess the battery might be near the end of it's life.
It's the 2nd battery after I bought the bike new in February 2012. Think the original battery lasted 8-9 years. (The bike has just passed 68 000 km / 42500 miles).