Ah ok, misread that sorry, I thought you measured it with a tester.
Bought a BMW charger today, it is now connected to the bike - we shall see what happens.
Two weeks you left it
I hadn't been near my bike since September, this morning I put key in ignition, turned key, pushed button, fired up, none of your optimate rubbish either, you shoulda bought a Yamaha
Bought a BMW charger today, it is now connected to the bike - we shall see what happens.
Charger seems to be doing what it says on the tin - takes quite a while before it goes into maintenance mode after 100% charge is reached and the green light comes on. I'll leave it on all week until I get a chance to ride again.
My previous GS's have never been a problem, so I think it must be the tracker. My Triumph Thruxton R can be left for a couple of weeks or more and always starts.
you can use on triumph also with extra clips provided, new black BMW charger does automatic, no need connect clips like optimate 4, and also does lithium battery, so very good for price if you have black version.
Yep got the latest one, £72
Charger seems to be doing what it says on the tin - takes quite a while before it goes into maintenance mode after 100% charge is reached and the green light comes on. I'll leave it on all week until I get a chance to ride again.
new charger on bike say 100% charge then charger go to sleep, for moment all is good Voltage battery show 12.8, later in evening battery show 12.5, I wake this morning battery charger still sleeps, battery showing 12.1 very interesting I wait to see when charger wake up as no need bike at moment, maybe sign battery was not good also.
Checked the charger this evening - it's been charging the bike since last Sunday - it has gone into sleep mode as I expected. A warm 13C tomorrow so might go for a spin, then park the bike up without the charger connected to see how much charge it loses over the next day or two.
Yes does job fine, sadly my battery go from 12.8 when full to 12v in 1 day so time for new battery
You may disconnect the battery, reprogram the Optimate 4 to not be in CANbus mode and connect the Optimate directly to the battery.
Sometimes this reconditioning will get some extra lifetime for the battery.
However, a personal opinion: this reconditioning deal may extract a few extra weeks or months from the battery. I have tried the process, and managed to get extra life out of the battery. But it did not last very long before it was back to the same old shit. So,(still in my opinion) once the battery has had it, trying to suck out some extra life is more trouble than what it's worth.