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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2013 6:55:10 GMT -5
I find about every 2 weeks or so....is this normal?
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Post by indymoped on May 2, 2013 8:02:25 GMT -5
If you let it sit for the whole two weeks then maybe. But if your riding it frequently you should never have to charge it. Sounds like you have a stator/charging issue.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2013 8:12:31 GMT -5
Im running additional LED's and truthbe be told ive left them on a few minutes at a time once in awhile.
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Post by jeepsteve92xj on May 2, 2013 8:19:08 GMT -5
I left my key on auxiliary LEDs and and blinker flashing for a couple hours one night. No problem.
That was last year. Now my charging system has gone belly up. Otherwise I have never needed to charge my battery.
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Post by waterboysh on May 2, 2013 9:31:54 GMT -5
I never charge mine; I ride it often enough and long enough where it doesn't need it.
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Post by tonygyid on May 2, 2013 11:30:43 GMT -5
I never charged mine, and I do not ride too often. It should not drain that fast. You should get the battery checked and if it is good, you may have a problem with the battery draining or charging system - wiring, stator, other? I would check the battery first, then go from there...
Good luck!
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Post by hank on May 2, 2013 11:37:04 GMT -5
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Post by rockynv on May 2, 2013 12:20:09 GMT -5
In the past 4 years I have not once had to charge the battery. If you ride at least and hour a week and have battery issues then you either have a bad battery or a faulty charging system.
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Post by earlwb on May 2, 2013 14:26:38 GMT -5
Some scooter designs tend to have a more weak alternator in them versus other designs or brands. It also sort of depends on how far you ride between stops. If you are going short distances it doesn't have time to recharge the battery, then it could be a problem after a while. The battery slowly gets discharged like that. So do cars too. I knew a lady who ran her battery down a few times like that in her car.
Now with my 250cc scooter, I did find out that in the summer months the radiator fan would draw enough power to slowly discharge the battery over time. It wasn't a huge difference but the fan drew enough power to have ithe scooter draw more power than the alternator could put out. But what I did was replace the tailights, and running lights with LED lights and then that dropped the slight negative charge rate and kept it even then. So now it doesn't run the battery down.
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Post by cloud on May 2, 2013 20:27:09 GMT -5
I never charge mine, unless its in the winter and I cant ride it then I hook it up to the battery maintainer.
I ride mine enough that it keeps it charged.
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Post by urbanmadness on May 2, 2013 20:30:29 GMT -5
I ride mine about once a week.... but it's a long ride... I probably do 70 miles every friday on my 150. I run to work and that's about 15 miles, then to roseville after work, another 15 miles... we and my buddies mess around in roseville, 10-20 miles, then back home, another 20 miles or so.
I've yet to have a problem with the battery.
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Post by prodigit on May 3, 2013 1:08:43 GMT -5
I never charge mine neither, but I do notice it gets a little on empty (like the starter doesn't start as fast anymore), if it's not been used for 3-4 weeks.
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Post by domindart on May 3, 2013 1:31:09 GMT -5
never had to charge mine yet, but I ride every day... I'm hoping the cig lighter wont drain the battery
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