1 battery replacement Sun May 10, 2015 8:47 pm
cracked canoe
active member
good afternoon. Happy mothers day to all the moms out there.
it has been a while since my last post. Sorry.
lets say i am glad to see the last year behind me.
anyway
owner of an 85 bmw k100 rs stock.
95000 k on the odometer.
out for the first ride of the season last weekend and all is smooth
wanted to ride just 35 k to warm up the old girl after almost 2 years of neglect.
Ended up all all day on the black top and burnt more than a tank of fuel
anyway
a few days later i thought beautiful day for a ride to the office
turn on the switch and pressed the starter -forgot to add the manual choke.
everything off and open the choke. back on with the key and starter
nothing on the start. notta zero
in-fact the display was black- no noise. a few minutes later with the key in the on position the display lights go from black to dim back to black - pulsing between dim and off.
Weirdest thing, it also sounded like the fuel pump also engaged.
anyway.
I believe the start on the trouble shooting would be with the battery.
i am all thumbs with this kind of stuff
first how to remove the battery are there any step by step type instructions (i do have a manual)
and
secondly what is the best way to check to see if the battery is toast before i either purchase a new one or dive into more trouble shooting. BTW what is a suitable replacement battery. make model for my bike. (pc680?)
as an aside i did have a trickle charged on over the winter and after my day of riding i plugged the battery trickle charge in again (may have been a mistake)
lastly on a un-related note, if i wanted to post pictures or mini videos to attach to future posts how does one go about this? is it straight forward. again step by step. I am sort of a non-handy man and a non computer geek. wanting to learn though.
ultimately i am wanting to perform more and more of my own maintenance and pictures tell a thousand words.
thanks from toronto canada
it has been a while since my last post. Sorry.
lets say i am glad to see the last year behind me.
anyway
owner of an 85 bmw k100 rs stock.
95000 k on the odometer.
out for the first ride of the season last weekend and all is smooth
wanted to ride just 35 k to warm up the old girl after almost 2 years of neglect.
Ended up all all day on the black top and burnt more than a tank of fuel
anyway
a few days later i thought beautiful day for a ride to the office
turn on the switch and pressed the starter -forgot to add the manual choke.
everything off and open the choke. back on with the key and starter
nothing on the start. notta zero
in-fact the display was black- no noise. a few minutes later with the key in the on position the display lights go from black to dim back to black - pulsing between dim and off.
Weirdest thing, it also sounded like the fuel pump also engaged.
anyway.
I believe the start on the trouble shooting would be with the battery.
i am all thumbs with this kind of stuff
first how to remove the battery are there any step by step type instructions (i do have a manual)
and
secondly what is the best way to check to see if the battery is toast before i either purchase a new one or dive into more trouble shooting. BTW what is a suitable replacement battery. make model for my bike. (pc680?)
as an aside i did have a trickle charged on over the winter and after my day of riding i plugged the battery trickle charge in again (may have been a mistake)
lastly on a un-related note, if i wanted to post pictures or mini videos to attach to future posts how does one go about this? is it straight forward. again step by step. I am sort of a non-handy man and a non computer geek. wanting to learn though.
ultimately i am wanting to perform more and more of my own maintenance and pictures tell a thousand words.
thanks from toronto canada