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  1. DL650A - 2017+
    Hi there, best of wish for 2024 I went away for work for 3 months, and my GPS security system drained my battery completely (I must put a switch somewhere when I park My bike at home, It is a safe parking). I recharged the battery, GPS is on, Voltage is 12.6V Turn the key and nothing at all...
  2. DL650 and DL650A - 2004 to 2011
    Fellow Troopers, I have a 2011 DL650A with about 35,000 miles on the clock. It lives in my garage and never gets ridden in the rain. Performance has been flawless so far. Last week, for the first time ever, it wouldn't start. Here's the story: The bike had been sitting for about two weeks...
  3. DL1000 from 2002-2012
    I’ve recently bought a new battery near the middle of April. As of now, the battery is dead and needing a jump for every start. I rode the bike earlier today for 45 minutes to an hour. Started just fine at the beginning of the trip after getting home and letting the bike sit for two hours, it...
  4. Maintenance, Tech and Products.
    This post is more of a thank you story to this site for helping me out with my latest problem without me actually having to post a question. But also, I'd like to highlight that it took some digging to find another post with my exact symtoms. A dead battery is usually easy to diagnose, but mine...
  5. DL650A - 2012-2016
    Took my bike to work one week, then left because of hurricane Ian. Came back to work, and went to ride the bike a week later. Previously had no issues. There was no damage, no flooding, and the bike is garage kept. While the bike was starting... ok, a little harder than usual, I noticed that the...
  6. General V-Strom Discussion
    Hi all. Just installed a new lithium batery on my recently aquired Vstrom 650 and the bike seems to be having a hard time with it - shuts down frequently, have had the fuel injection warning light on, briefly, always wants to shut sown on lower revs... Anybody had similar issues? Thanks.
  7. DL650A - 2017+
    Hello there I have a GPS tracker, to cut a lot my insurance cost, I am in Italy 6 weeks mission work abroad, flat battery of course, and I don't have access to a power socket to plug a charger, needs to remove the battery, its a pain. So several option: *Remove everytime I go the GPS, but no...
  8. DL650A - 2017+
    So I have a dumb question that I can't seem to find an answer to. So I have a battery tender SAE lead on my bike and I wanted to add on some heating gear. The fuse on the battery tender is only 7.5amps so it just takes 90watts the blow that fuse and my heated gear is about 115 watts. My question...
  9. DL650A - 2017+
    I'm struggling to find a clear answer for how much watts does my alternator put out and how much does my bike actually uses. I want to get a heated vest, gloves, and shoe insert and all of that is about 110 watts. Does anyone know how much extra power a stock 2017+ 650 has to play with?
  10. DL650A - 2017+
    2020 V-Strom 650 purchased 7/31/20, 540 miles on the odometer. The last few days when I turn the key the voltage reads 12.0 or less. Today was 11.7. I put approx 100 miles on it yesterday. The voltage while running is >14.0. The battery looks like it was manufactured in 10/2019. Last week I...
  11. Maintenance, Tech and Products.
    I just bought a used 2011 dl650a from a dealer 2 days ago. It runs great but has no warranty and the dealer is several hours away. Now the despite (new) battery they just put in, it will not start without a jump. It was starting fine dozens of times over the last two days. I jumped the bike and...
  12. DL1000 from 2002-2012
    Hey everyone, Lately I've been experiencing an issue where on occasion ill go to start the bike and it sounds as if the starter doesn't have enough power to turn over, then last second it does. Not a big issue in itself and probably normal. What has happened recently though is I'm coming back...
  13. DL1000A - 2014-2016
    I went out to start my bike this morning and it was dead. Completely dead. No lights, no clicking, nothing. I cared it full last week so there should have been something. SO... I pulled out my jump battery, hooked it up and all the lights came on and all the usually hums and gauge cycling. The...
  14. V-Strom Service & Maintenance Questions/Discussion
    Apologies if this has been posted before. I've got a 2007 650A, and recently had to replace the battery. After doing so, there's this 'ree' sound (honestly can't describe it in any other way, 98% sure it's electrical though) after I start the engine. It's really similar/identical to the noise...
  15. DL1000 from 2002-2012
    Hey, Here is my situation. With my headlights (LED) connected my voltmeter does not read past 12.5 most of the time and if I run the bike like this it will drain the battery and won't be able to start up again later. Voltmeter will drop to 11.9 after running. Without headlights (LED)...
  16. DL650 and DL650A - 2004 to 2011
    Hmm.... So, yesterday morning, my 2009 Vstrom struggled a bit to start, but was fine on my commute to work. THEN, after work it struggled to start, but we were able to pop start it with a bit of pushing. although, the gauges were all wonky. i rode for about 5-10 minutes and then the gauges...
  17. DL650 and DL650A - 2004 to 2011
    Bought a 2011 a few weeks ago, rode it home from seller in the Bay Area down to Los Angeles, been riding it a bit for the past 3 weeks. PO put an LED voltmeter on, and most of the time at decent speeds it was a healthy green. Turning ignition on and starting it was never a problem. Had it out...
  18. DL1000 from 2002-2012
    I need some help. I just bought an 05 VStrom 1000DL with 52k miles. When I bought it, the guy said that the battery was bad and needed to be replaced. I rode it for a day, and then the battery died when I stopped at the top of a mountain to take pictures. When I tried to jump it, the person...
  19. DL1000 from 2002-2012
    Long time no see everyone. Guess my Strom and farkles have been holding up! Anyway... Just was out in the garage trying to get the Strom ('09 DL1000) going after winter hibernation and it wouldn't fire up for me. Long story short it's some sort of electrical issue. Fuses good, battery is...
  20. V-Strom Service & Maintenance Questions/Discussion
    New to the forum AND to motorcycle maintenance. I have a basic understanding of most systems and mechanical concepts but limited experience performing my own maintenance. Tore my ACL playing rugby awhile back so my bike sat for a couple months. Then I let a friend borrow the bike for about 1...
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