Guest Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Bought myself a second hand bike the other day. On pickupday this lad told me he forgot to turn the ignition off. So his neigbours enjoyed the wonders of the datatool alarm. After a jumpstart I took the bike home, no worries there. Until the day after. It did not start. Only some relays jabbering were heard. Fade headlight though... After push-starting the bike all the gauges where flat. Engine sounded it had a bad cold and soon stalled when no throttle was used. After a nights charge on a borrowed Optimate III still nothing. Now after 24 hours the charge light is gone. But the sad smiley is on.http://oi52.tinypic.com/29ar1uq.jpgDoes the charger "fix" anything in this state? I would't dare to unhook my battery for a long time because of the datatool alarm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojobanana Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 I've put your post in Pitstop as more people might be able to help you out here, but do pop back into newbies and say hi. I changed my battery a few weeks ago as no amount of time on an optimiser was going to sort it - flat as a flat thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin the Bear Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Some batteries never recover from a total flattening. Sounds like yours has had it and needs replacing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Bummer. Thanks for the confirmation though. Ordered a new one. I hope its not a fight with my datatool alarm. Got the manual in the pocket. Fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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