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Anonymous Posted on Apr 30, 2011

Last year the Battery Died, once the Battery was replaced and charged(Using a trickle charger), the Bike has not turned back on. It clicks as if its trying to spark (like when a car needs to be jumped) but does not turn over. How do I go about figuring out the issue? Could it now be that I have burnt out the wires? I left Gas in the cylinder from last season, could that be a bad thing? I'm very new to these mechanical issues regarding motorcycles, please assist and excuse my ignorance.

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Hi, firstly you are probably rite about the clicking being related to a discharged battery, i would suggest you try some jump leads of a car or another battery my guess is it will start or turn over and the clicking will stop, suzuki motorcycles of this eara did have some charging probs, running with a discharged battery for a prolonged period is not recomended.
Secondly its not unusual for even a new battery to become low state even when left continuasly on chage with a trickle charger, and eventually the battery.becomes dead through overcharging

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    Hi, Thank you for your interest in helping me. It is much appreciated.

    Your suggestion is to try and jump it with a car?(Jump leads of a car?)

    I do believe the old battery was on its way out and had to be recharged once or twice before it completely died on me. Once I got a new battery(from sears) it was never able to turn the bike back on. I do remember leaving it on charge with the trickle charger for a day, however the trickle charger did not show the charge was complete when I disconnected it the following day.

    Should I try and recharge this (new) battery again? Or your suggestion is to try and jump it with a car? If you could please clarify what you meant abut jump leads of a car or another battery

    Thank you again

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Hi not sure if u got ur bike running yet.. But i also had that same battery problem,, i inspected the battery to find that there was no acid in it at all (bone dry) which i was lucky my bike didn't blow up after riding it a few times.. Instead of buying a new battery i just bought some acid it's like $6 bucks or so.. Also checked the oil added some, i kid u not my bby started rt up =) I also to used a car to jump start it a few times. Well gd luck on getting her started... ClassikBeauty.

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