My bike seems to have developed a habit of discharging the battery over night - which is obviously highly inconvenient...there is definately something drawing power even when the ignition is off. My mate reckons it could be corroded connections in the starter motor or a dodgy regulator....has anyone else had any problems like this. At the moment I'm just thinking of inserting a breaker on the -ve battery lead so I can disconnect it easily over night as a stop gap measure [I'm off to the lakes on it next week!!] Any ideas would be appreciated!
Hi Russ , Is your bike actually charging the battery ? if yes is the battery holding the charge ? is the battery old ? have you got heated grips on the bike ? as i had a similar problem on one of my bikes in that although the ignition was off for some reason the grips were still draining power , i firstly pulled the fuse on the grips , and the problem cured , so i replaced the grips and had no other problems , so i would check your bike is charging the battery first ? hope this helps ?????? good luck , kev
No I don't have heated grips - the bike is definateley charging the battery cos I jump started it yesterday and it was fine after I'd done a few miles- if I pull out the 40amp starter fuse will this isolate the battery from the starter??
I had a very similar problem on the car a few years back. Everything switched off, but discharging at about 2 amps. Turned out to be a faulty regulator.
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