When my 03GT which I just purchased sits for more than 3 days, the starter will not turn over. Lights look bright. Checked the battery (05 exide gel) and found that when charge is 12.5 volts it will start, but when it drops to 12.0 it will not. Just a minute on the charger and it starts right up. Any suggestions?
I have not been locking the handlelbar, but I will start doing so. I removed the battery and put a charger on it. It would get up to 14 v. and then I could take the charger off and with voltmeter see charge drop back down to about 12.5. Guess the battery has a problem. I plan on putting in an Odyssey 680. Had one on my RT and no problems.
I have not been locking the handlelbar, but I will start doing so. I removed the battery and put a charger on it. It would get up to 14 v. and then I could take the charger off and with voltmeter see charge drop back down to about 12.5. Guess the battery has a problem. I plan on putting in an Odyssey 680. Had one on my RT and no problems.
Just an update. Dropped in an Odyssey 680 last night. Measured 12.85V . When running measures 13.4V, so charging system is ok. Straight drop in replacement, just needed to bend the connectors a bit.
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