BruceS
Pack Dog
Hi all,
My PD Classic is my daily ride to work, when it's not raining, which has meant that the past few weeks have been fantastic. I love my ride to and from work!
Last night, when leaving the office, I hit the starter button and all I got was a loud click. I assumed the battery was a bit run down. Perhaps the diode board is failing etc. I made use of the parking garage ramp and got the bike started quite easily. When I got home, I immediately put the battery onto the trickle charger. This morning, the charger indicated that the battery was fully charged, which surprised me, because 12 hours, on a 1.5amp charger is not usually enough to charge a 32ah battery...so I was suspicious...and suspicions were confirmed a few moments later. Hitting the starter button just gives a loud click. It's one of the last models of airhead so I think it has a valeo starter.
I'll get the tank off tonight, and the front and top covers of the engine. I seem to remember reading that the magnets in the valeo starters sometimes come un-glued :-(. I'll check the diode board mountings and connections.
What else can I look for and test to identify the problem?
My PD Classic is my daily ride to work, when it's not raining, which has meant that the past few weeks have been fantastic. I love my ride to and from work!
Last night, when leaving the office, I hit the starter button and all I got was a loud click. I assumed the battery was a bit run down. Perhaps the diode board is failing etc. I made use of the parking garage ramp and got the bike started quite easily. When I got home, I immediately put the battery onto the trickle charger. This morning, the charger indicated that the battery was fully charged, which surprised me, because 12 hours, on a 1.5amp charger is not usually enough to charge a 32ah battery...so I was suspicious...and suspicions were confirmed a few moments later. Hitting the starter button just gives a loud click. It's one of the last models of airhead so I think it has a valeo starter.
I'll get the tank off tonight, and the front and top covers of the engine. I seem to remember reading that the magnets in the valeo starters sometimes come un-glued :-(. I'll check the diode board mountings and connections.
What else can I look for and test to identify the problem?
