Suzuki GN250

[dash_zero]

Hi, bike wouldn't start, checked battery and in doing so damaged the battery + had to get a new one -bought dry. Got this one ready, charged, and bike started fine.

This morning same problem with bike failing to start and currently charging battery -registering as low charge when connected to charger.

So, does anyone have any ideas as to why the battery keeps losing charge? The lights havn't been left on, so I guess either there is some other reason it's being drained, of maybe there's an issue with the battery no being recharged when running.

Any ideas much appreciated

[reward4615]

You say you bought the new battery dry, did you have it filled with acid before charging?

[dash_zero]

Yep, I filled it myself and pretty sure I followed all the instructions correctly.

[reward4615]

you now need to check the charging, a simple way of doing this is with a volt meter.
Connect the meter to the battery (positive lead to positive terminal, negative lead to negative terminal) now with the engine stopped note the voltage (should be around 12-13v),
then start the engine and the voltage should increase to around 14-14.5v. If the voltage is the same as with the engine stopped then it is not charging, also if the voltage is much above 14.5v then it's over charging and the battery is being "cooked". This test is best done with a digital meter. Hope this is of some help.

[dash_zero]

Awesome, that's great. I'll get myself a meter and give it go. Cheers