non-enjoyable ride yesterday

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I HATE RIDING IN DENVER!
Next time I get caught in heavy traffic like that I probably will just start splitting lanes and if I get pulled over I will tell them I have to take a shit. who can blame a guy for that?

 

sounds like you battery is bad.... it died after 30 minutes? Sucks pushing bikes mine dies on the 405 right at the beginning of a construction zone.... no place to pull off except to hug up close to the barriers... then when the CHP got there I had to push it about 1/4 to an opening full leathers ... that sucked donkey dicks

people were PISSED....glad you got it home. (it is home right?)

 

Yikes. Where I live there was a "traffic jam" almost 20 cars long on the bridge yesterday, so I got in the next lane and went through town. Slower speed, but no waiting. I read experiences like yours to make me feel glad I live in a relatively rural area.

 

I guess it was a good thing I did not know lane splitting was illegal when we went through Denver.

 

That sucks! Although I really miss the VFR, I didn't even like pushing it around the garage. I can't imagine an incline with riding gear on.

Well, at least your charging system is working! :smile:

 

man lane splitting is a good thing!

As to the bad battery idea, nope doesn't mean bad battery. Most bikes take more juice at idle than they produce, they don't really have any excess juice until you start running the bike. Normally you are OK, as most of us twist the wrist at some point.

I had something similar happen when I took the MSF's ERC back in the day. I was on my CBR 600, on which I had installed an alarm. Well, after a while of the range part of the course, maybe 45 minutes, of almost enitrely idlling, never going above 15 MPH or so, and several shut off - turn on events; my battery voltage dropped so low that the alarm thought someone was trying to hotwire the bike. So the alarm lit off at full blast (I had paid extra for the extra loud siren), of course me in my helmet and being nearly deaf didn't even realize it was me at first. Shut off the bike to figure out what was going on - wrong move. Now there wasn't enough juice to deactivate the alarm, so it wouldn't let me start the bike as it had cut off either the ignition or fuel pump of the bike.

 

that wxplains why the harley dudes are always reving up their bikes at stop lights....

 

I'd pull out the headlight fuse in a situation like that to lower discharge rate.

 

That made me think about the old English bikes... You were scared to let them idle, knowing that at any moment they may cease running and not start again. :biggrin:

 

Maybe you should have turned off your stereo, intercom, and under fairing blue lights.

Kick starters were a good thing.

 

Man that sucks I had to push my VFR when the R/R died so I feel your pain!

 

You don't really need a 'charging meter'. A simple voltmeter can tell you almost everything you need to know. Connect it to the battery, preferrably through a switched circuit, and pay attention to it. It should read >12V with the ignition on but not running, and as long as the voltage climbs to >13.5V by the time you get to 3k rpm or so, your charging system is okay. If it reads less than that when the bike isn't running, the battery is questionable. If it reads less than 12V or more than 14.8V when the engine is running, your charging system needs attention.

 

Faaaack. I knew the traffic was going to be horrid going home from work Friday so I didn't. I stayed in the city at my daughter's place. Seems the whole of the lower mainland of BC heads east on Hwy 1 on the friday of a long week-end. 60 miles of bumper to bumper 50KMH or lower speeds is not my idea of a good time. Came home today after condo hunting.

I am still running my original battery on my 06 and it is not showing any signs of failure. Have a brand new one sitting on the bench ready to go though.

 

you have the luck of the irish.....