So I've been having some nagging electrical issues on my K3 Vee lately. I thought it might be the new Autocomm I added a little while ago. I'd have to leave the bike sitting for an "extended period of time" & it would be dead when I came back to it. I recently took a week's vacation & had to take the cage. When I came back I knew the battery was going to be dead so I hooked it up to the Battery Tender & started the charge. Well....after 2 days it was STILL dead!
My wife, being the smart one in the house, said that I just needed to have the battery checked at Advanced Auto. I agreed with her, BUT with a bike not running that meant that I'd have to take the battery out & take it up there. She said that I should just go buy a new battery so that's what I did. I mean....what would YOU do if "The Boss" "gave you permission" to spend money on your bike!! :biggrinjester: Anyway, I went up there & they had a couple choices. I went with the MagnaPower battery on the recommendation of the guy working there. He said that he has that model in his Suzuki Boulevard & hasn't had any problems. So, bought it...put it in....fired it up & WOW!!!
Fast forward to this morning's ride in.....MAN THIS THING RUNS LIKE A SCALDED RAT!!! I realize that the only thing the battery is really for is to crank the vehicle it's in. It SHOULDN'T have anything to do with how it runs, but I have to say that some of the "issues" that Vee's seem to have were gone. No chuddering, no surging, no "fickleness" in general. It ran just like a new bike!
So....I just thought I'd share!
Fast forward to this morning's ride in.....MAN THIS THING RUNS LIKE A SCALDED RAT!!! I realize that the only thing the battery is really for is to crank the vehicle it's in. It SHOULDN'T have anything to do with how it runs, but I have to say that some of the "issues" that Vee's seem to have were gone. No chuddering, no surging, no "fickleness" in general. It ran just like a new bike!
So....I just thought I'd share!