Bike draining acid out of battery.

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crosstowntraffic
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Bike draining acid out of battery.

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Ok so I have new havin battery problems basically since I got the bike. One day after about a 100 mile ride after the bike sat for a few hours it was totally dead. Wouldn't turn over. No power from the battery. Replaced the battery and all was good. Few days later I rode from SF to LA. Problem free. About a week and a half later, once again after about a 150 mile ride, bike sits and then won't start. Did some research, figured it was my vr, replaced with new. Bikes good for a couple weeks then I am riding on the freeway and the bike loses all power. Blown main fuse. Turned out to be a blown vr. Replaced it with a xs400 vr. Slightly better than the fzr one. Little bigger and has some cooling fins. Bikes all good again. About 2 weeks and 300-400 miles later, battery is dieing again. Once in a while I can smell the battery acid leaking (awful rotten egg smell). This battery lasted atleast a month and over 500 miles.

Could this be cause by anything other than the vr. Replacing batterIes and vr's once a month is pricey. Any hints? Whatever the problem is it's draining all the acid out of the battery.
crosstowntraffic
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Re: Bike draining acid out of battery.

Post by crosstowntraffic »

If it is the vr, what would cause them to keep going bad?
thatkid

Re: Bike draining acid out of battery.

Post by thatkid »

Would have been a good idea to post this info in your previous thread, viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6464 and not make a new thread.

You ignored my previous advice, so no more will be offered.
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