[dsn_klr650] dead klr battery today

[Scott Blakney]

Bill, The turn signals on my wife's 97 Camry mysteriously began to operate at twice the normal rate. Less than a month later the battery gave up the ghost. I'm sure that our resident Electrical Engineering experts can give a technical explanation. My guess is the Yuasa is saying "Sayonara". ScottB

>From: "billmonahan" >Reply-To: "billmonahan" >To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com> >Subject: [DSN_klr650] dead KLR battery today >Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 18:00:22 -0700 > >I got up to start my KLR today (in front of some guy riding the gaudiest >Harley I've seen recently, but his started) and it seemed as if the battery >died all of a sudden. The batt has 16000 miles and three years on it, so I >think it is ready to give up the ghost. I just topped it up and serviced >it >about three weeks ago. > >After getting it jumped from a helpful old fellow, I rode it home about >thirty miles. I noticed that at stoplights the neutral light was >flickering >in brightness, at turns the signals were operating at about twice their >normal speed, and when I pulled up to my house it seemed as if the headlamp >was decreasing some in brightness when revving the motor. This all seemed >odd to me, to say the least. > >Anyone had this experience? I am going to pull out the batt and test it >with a hydrometer, maybe tonight. I am hoping that is all that's wrong. > >Thanks in advance, > >Backroad Bill > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Get great brand name shoes with just the click of a mouse. Check out >the huge selection at Zappos.com, the Web's Most Popular Store! >http://click.egroups.com/1/6994/6/_/911801/_/963710080/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Visit the KLR650 archives at >http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 >Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... >Let's keep this list SPAM free! > >Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > >

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