Hi folks,
Tried to stat up the bike yesterday night and all I got was a "tick, tick, tick" sound, but display stayed lit up. Removed battery, cleaned considerable corrosion off neg term, placed it on battery tender and re-installed today. Bike started, although a bit rough at beginning. Let it run for about 5 minutes, powered off, let it sit for a couple then started it back up with no issues. Displayed showed voltage at 14.5 when I powered off the bike.
Then I proceeded to install a PCV that I picked up off eBay. Installed ground on engine cover bolt per the DynoJet uTube vid [/utube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwjZjpTEIM&feature=player_embedded[/utube]. Decided to test start up before re-assembly in case my ground was inadequate. Reconnected the front light power to the mid fairing just in case this would cause issue on start up. Start up failed w/ the clicking sound but this time the electronic display went dead. Few minutes later tried to start her up and got nothing at all. In fact turning key to On didn't even power up bike.
At this point I suspected dead battery. But to make sure, I de-installed the PCV and still I got no luck. I took the battery to Battery Plus to get tested. Voltage was at 12.4 and showed good when it was given a load. It wasn't as good as a new battery, but measurements cold and with load were as expected for a used battery.
I've got it back on the tender and its now fully charged. I'm going to re-install and see what I get. Any ideas? Do you think I need to replace the battery? If the PCV is improperly grounded would that cause the bike to not start at all? Do you think my Scorpion i900 alarm could be causing batter drain (it was installed w/ standard harness and not the Zx14 inline adapter)?
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!