Need to charge battery/get at battery

Most motorcycle batteries are under the seat. Depending on what seat you have, the seat might have to be removed completely. Try removing the side panels on either side of the seat first to see if the battery posts are accessible.

remove the small bolt behind the passenger seat, remove smaller seat. You can now access the slightly larger bolt from the rear of the drivers seat. After removing the bolt slide the sear forward approximately 1 inch and lift up

On my TW125 Yamaha very similar to the Van Van. the battery is under the seat. There are 2 6mm bolts that fix the seat to the sub frame. Try using a torch or light and look under the seat from the chain side. The only other method of seat fixing i am aware of on Suzuki bikes involves removing the plastic panels under the seat and this reveals the seat fixings. Please remember when you remove the battery undo the negative lead first. Please do not use a charger with an output of more than 1 amp. When you refit the battery please connect the positive lead first.

If the recharged battery works OK please check the charging circuit is OK. Connect a volt meter across the battery terminals and see if the volts rise to about 14.5 as the revs are increased. Hope this helps

Hi

is this the type under the drivers seat? if so it is very tricky to get them out, persevere though and you wil get it. move the drivers seat as far forward as possible undo the connections and bracket and it will come out. by the way are you wanting to charge it up?? or are you replacing it?

Get back to me because there is another way without removing the battery.

Regards
Dan

The battery can be accessed by removing the right side cover and unbolting the smaller battery cover underneath the fuse box. The seat is removed by taking out the two bolts that hold it in place. I believe the two bolts are underneath the fender and go up into the seat You should not have to remove the seat to charge or remove the battery.

There should be a place to put your ignition key on the side of the bike just below the seat. Turn the key and pull up on the seat at the same time. Good luck.

remove the passenger seat - then find and remove the left and right rear bolts from the driver seat to remove.

there is a latch under the rear of the seat. release latch and remove seat. depending on the model. some latches are located on the side of the seat

Unlock the pillion pad, remove the allen key from under it, then remove the two semi circular grommets at the rear of the riders seat. This will expose the two fixings that hold the seat in position, they can now be undone with the allen key.

if the batterys are not charged regularly they fail they are gell batterys you are looking at around £70 for the 2 ,they should be on charge almost all the time, we were lucky just managed to charge my father in laws it lay unused for 4 weeks we had the batterys charged with a battery conditioner then they charged with its own charger