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So i got myself a project fzr600r on craigslist. this bike was in pieces with a large hole in the motor from a connecting rod coming loose. so i trashed the motor and got me another one. now after getting the bike almost complete, I was able to get a battery and make sure all my electrical worked. well it did. So when i was done playing around with it, I put it on a trickle charger that also has storage mode. This charger has an indicator light that tells you the status of the battery. So after two days the battery was still charging. I thought it was the battery so i took it back and got a replacement. well after the second battery did the same thing, I knew it was not the battery. Now when i got the battery, I put it up on a wooden table and charged it completely. no problem there... then i used it and wanted to keep it charged... there is where my issue started. What would cause this? I was thinking bad ground but where does this bike ground? I know there is one that runs to the engine from the battery negitive. but other then that im lost. thanks for your help.

it grounds on the frame, you can follow it back from the relay and check the terminal wire as well just have to lift the tank and it is down there

You have some kind of electrical 'draw' happening all the time.

There should be no draw with the key switch 'off'.

There's a couple ways you can go about finding out where your draw is.

You can hook up a voltmeter across the battery, and read it....pull ALL the fuses...did the voltage go up? Okay, good..the draw is on a fused circuit. Install the fuses one at a time, while watching the meter, when the voltage changes, you have narrowed it down some.

Get out the wiring diagram and see what all is included on that fuse circuit...and start uplugging those items until the voltage rises again.

If it is NOT a fused circuit, give another shout here and we'll go from there