Stu

I would be surprised if it is the short journey that is killing your battery. Possible but I'd be surprised. I'd wanna double check it is charging correctly .....

it can take around 15 mins at 4000 rpm to get a battery back to its original state it was before you hit the starter

and when in the cold you need more juice to crank over an engine so i wouldnt be surprised as by the time 15 mins comes he could already be at work

my dad land rover does it in the cold he only goes around 5 miles a day and every 3 or 4 weeks he has to top the charge up its great after a long run though

have you got power in the garage?

if so get yourself a optimate charger and connect it everytime you park your bike up otherwise you will be buying yourself a new battery sooner rather then later

as for the starting issue

you have a cold arse bike

give chain a damn good clean then stick some oil on it go for a quick ride to work it into the chain clean bike as its shitty out there then re-apply some oil

you dont need a new chain if its got a bit of rust on

you will find its probably just surface rust

have you got and old engine oil ? give it a right good coat before you go away

only by ear

does it tick over ok ? if not could just be low tick over setting

has it only started since the weather got cold ? could be carb icing

I've figured out the adult section I think. What's in the garage anyway?

you will see WHEN its back online

I'm just wondering, if I post this message whether I get access to the garage section? Lets see shall we...

no

the garage is offline until further notice

i have recently upgraded the forum and awaiting a new version of the garage to be released

I might rename this thread as 'Phatdads motorbike problems' instead of creating a new thread each time I have a problem.

i dont see why not

if it was nice and cold out it could be a spot of carb icing

but it deffo sounds like your battery is flat and in need of a good charge or a new one

i just use one of my 4 filter wrench's i have in my tool box

once the bike has started it should run fine off the output from the charging system not the battery

but it does sound as if your battery is duff anyway so may aswell replace that

with it been stood a year have you put fresh fuel in the tank ?

why bother getin lube if you have some old engine oil ?

thats all i use is old engine oil

did you check the chain tension with your weight on it ?

as it tightens up when you sit on the bike

also did you check to see if there was a tight spot in the chain ?

who said i was a hard hull biker

bikes got no tax and i dont intend going out on it in shit weather i did it in my first year of riding and i dont see the point freezing my nuts off when i have a car

it would be like jumping off a cliff when you could go down the steps instead

you did find the tightest spot on your chain and tension it to that didnt you ?

sounds like a stiff link or tight spot in chain

when running overly rich you can also encounter what is known as bore washing which is where the excess fuel strips the oil from the cylinder walls which as you can imagine is not particularly good.

and it can run down the barrel into the sump as found on early the TLs

if you do start adjusting it make sure you have around 5mm of play at the end of the lever

ok i will explain more

if you remove your air filter and run the bike it will be lean as there is more air going in and not the right amount of fuel to match it

low fuel to air ratio

brilliant - cheers stu

i've got a car btw - in case that helps!

ickle 207

well im not going in my car but i might be borrowing someone else's but will know in a week or two

good idea tim

but a simple copy and paste will be easier

Sat 6th

TimR Sat 6th (possibly could change)

Stu Sat 6th

Hippy Sat 6th

copy and paste and enter into a quote box

hmm another very old topic dragged up

stu - found out today i have got that weekend. don't know how you want to arrange stuff, but i'll fit in with whatever is easiest. got no other plans for that weekend

will sort something out

has his new bike got stabalizers to stop him falling off like he normally does