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seiko1 wrote:Not supposed to work.....but fuck it...it did

had a low battery at a friends in Thunder Bay on the way to Toronto from Calgary years ago

he put epsom salts in it & guess it desulphated & got me home

no idea how that worked...LOL

If it's for a 600cc track bike I'd just get one of these:
http://www.carbon-imports.com.au/produc ... cts_id=465
Saves a few kgs (4-cel battery weighs around 400grams!) and they hardly drop any charge over time when compared to a regular battery. Had one on my previous bike and it never missed a beat in over a year... not that expensive either!

There's also the advantage of freeing some really good space under the seat which is always a massive plus if you run a PCIII/PCV and etc.

EDU wrote:If it's for a 600cc track bike I'd just get one of these:
http://www.carbon-imports.com.au/produc ... cts_id=465
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Looks the goods , wish I had got some for the last 2 trackies, for the battery relocation

Back in the bad old days, we would remove battery, drain and let sit upside down for a few days, then rinse several times with a epsom salts water mix (1 tsp to 1 lt), rinse well with clean water, drain well and refill with new acid, slow charge for 24 hrs, used to get a few more years out of them, not sure how it would go with the current batteries but maybe worth a try?

back in the old days i could keep a bike going with a piece of sandpaper...LOL

Loubre beat me to it, done the same to car batteries with good results, as long as the plates arnt warped and touching each other, then its wallaby ted's cousin, roo ted!!!

jefflthomas wrote:back in the old days i could keep a bike going with a piece of sandpaper...LOL

OH!...luxury!
All we had were tooth pic's.....and used ones at that!

Tried jumping it of the KTM as I wasnt sure if I should do it off the car .....Didn't work and the clicking is coming from a small box behing the battery.....Next step is to pull the battery out of the Zeddy and try that ....And as soon as I get it going contact Red_Dave for a maintenance charger which I should have done when I got the bike

When I first got that 6 from you I had the same issue. Thought it was the battery but it wasnt when I threw a new one in. I clutch started it down a hill and she ran since without issue. Not sure what actually was wrong but robracer at the time said it possibly could be compression lock? Clutch start her somewhere unless someone could come up with a reason not too?

fireyrob wrote:When I first got that 6 from you I had the same issue. Thought it was the battery but it wasnt when I threw a new one in. I clutch started it down a hill and she ran since without issue. Not sure what actually was wrong but robracer at the time said it possibly could be compression lock? Clutch start her somewhere unless someone could come up with a reason not too?

Hmmm interesting.....Cause the Shift-i is showing 3 green light's which should be enough....

Sorted thank's firey ....Bumped it didn't start and then hit the button and it did ....Let her warm up and then started and stopped it another 2 time's

Let her run for a while to charge it properly then 'cause 5min at idle won't charge $h@t

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