Flat Cap Cafe Racer
Tuned and Synch'ed
I picked the bike used with less than 9000 miles on it. I purchased less than six months ago with a newly installed Xtreme XTAX20CH-BS battery. This battery is an AGM type rated at 12V 18AH with 270 CCA.
I have several bikes so I have battery charger leads on all of them and put them on the appropriate charging mode at least once a week.
The issues was after a couple hours riding and after a stop the bike would not even attempt start. The needles sweep over the idiot lights flashed as normal but nothing when the starter pushed. Checked the kill switch being off, tried it with and without the kickstand down, tried with the clutch in, clutch out in neutral.
Removed the seat and checked if the battery wires were tight to the terminals and they were, checked for blown or loose fuses they were okay.
The display was showing 13 to 13.1 volts. Several hours later I came back with trailer and tried it again still nothing as before. Loaded it up and brought home and just before unloading it from the trailer I tried and it started up no problems.
I rolled into the shop and checked the battery with ignition key of and it had 12.85 volts. After placing it on a charger checking the bike with the key off the battery was just of 13.4 volts after two hours.
I thought I'd leave it on the charger overnight and check it tomorrow both with key off and running.
Any guesses to what caused the problem or how to diagnose it further? I'm new to Moto Guzzi and I have not seen the scenario before on any other bikes.
Thanks
I have several bikes so I have battery charger leads on all of them and put them on the appropriate charging mode at least once a week.
The issues was after a couple hours riding and after a stop the bike would not even attempt start. The needles sweep over the idiot lights flashed as normal but nothing when the starter pushed. Checked the kill switch being off, tried it with and without the kickstand down, tried with the clutch in, clutch out in neutral.
Removed the seat and checked if the battery wires were tight to the terminals and they were, checked for blown or loose fuses they were okay.
The display was showing 13 to 13.1 volts. Several hours later I came back with trailer and tried it again still nothing as before. Loaded it up and brought home and just before unloading it from the trailer I tried and it started up no problems.
I rolled into the shop and checked the battery with ignition key of and it had 12.85 volts. After placing it on a charger checking the bike with the key off the battery was just of 13.4 volts after two hours.
I thought I'd leave it on the charger overnight and check it tomorrow both with key off and running.
Any guesses to what caused the problem or how to diagnose it further? I'm new to Moto Guzzi and I have not seen the scenario before on any other bikes.
Thanks