[green6767]

Somebody flipped my bike to "ON" lastnight and I come out in the morning and the thing is dead. I jumped it with my car just to get the thing running. I rode it around for about 45 minutes or so and let it sit while I sat and talked to a bunch of riders. Keep in mind I haven't shut the bike off yet. All of a sudden, the "check engine" light comes on and I notice the temperature of the bike is at like 220. So I shut the bike off. I try to turn it back on and no go. I had to push start it. How should I go about charging that battery? Any clues as to why the check engine light came on? I have an 04 R6 with about 850 miles on her. Thanks for the help guys.

Dallas

 

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Charge the battery with a good charger like this:

http://www.cyclegear.com/lpgm.cfm?L1=&L2=&L3=&L4=&item=TUC_21-2100

Sounds like you may have screwed something up when you jumped it... :?:

 

[Hammy_The_Can_Man]

If I'm not on my bikes, they are always on a battery tender. I just bought a Yusa battery tender and I'm very pleased with it. I can get both brands if anyone is interested.

 

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Yeah, bike batteries are not like car batteries. Mainly they suck and don't hold a charge very long. I've jumped my bikes off my car many times and never had a problem except for that time I put the jumper cables on backwards and fried the voltage regulator on the bike.