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Old 03-07-2007   #6 (permalink)
jaak
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Supersport 600
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Norfolk, VA
Posts: 151
I had the YUASA, it comes stock. And the battery itself is not to be blamed as I have found out by now. My dealer got the thing covered by warranty, so I got a free new YUASA from him. I went home, put it on the bike, connected the wires. Just by co-incidence i put my hand on a grip while putting the keys in. The ***** thing was warm!! Turns out either the heated grips are wired wrong, or the relay is bad, but if the grip switch is on regardless of the ignition the grips are drawing juice! That's how the poor battery died - I parked my bike a week ago and pulled the keys. Grip switch stayed on, but I never cared to check since pulling the keys is supposed to shut everything down. Instead, the grips were drawing their 2 Amps. Battery is 14 Ahrs. 7 hrs, realistically less, and it was done! Keep the draw on for a week and the battery is unservicable!
I have a good dealer. He promised to check the grip wiring and fix it for me.
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