Fried Battery

Boubepo · Post by **Boubepo** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:48 pm

It was 4pm and sunny and hot [Southern Spain] so decided to take the Storm to a remote beach, 100 km away, do a bit of sunbathing, watch the sun go down and head back - All very romantic, if only I wasn't on my Jack Jones!

Then I tried starting her in the twilight, only to find the battery was dead! agggghhh! It has always seemed really healthy until now - what's going on? luckily there was a sharp downhill tar-mac slope leading to the sea, all I had to do was run downhill and bump I thought! I didn't count on the thin layer of sand on the road, the back wheel didn't make any traction whatsoever.

So now I'm at the bottom of a 100 m, ^^^^^^^ gradient slope, down by the sea. there's no one around to help me push it back up! I could only manage to push it uphill 2m at a time with the weight and my feet slipping on the sand, it felt like some kind of cruel 'It's a Knockout Show'

Eventually I get to the top totally exhausted! soaked in sweat. I spend the next 90 mins begging Spanish drivers for jump leads. I get lucky, bike starts first time.

I ride the 100km back home getting low on fuel but not wanting to stop, in case Battery is really fooked.

Good call, I get to my garden gate, switch off, while I open gate, only for the bike not to start again! Unbelievable eggy smell and the battery dead again. Eggy smell is unreal with a high pitch whine coming from the bike/battery area! I check the battery and it's very, very hot! but dead as a Dodo!

Whats going on?

Kev L · Post by **Kev L** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:57 pm

Sounds like the reg/rec has done itself a mischief. It's under the right tail fairing and is a regular issue. Have a look, if it's unfinned then check the connector block for signs of burning/melting. Sounds like you will be hitting the bay for a finned replacement or a Yamaha version, oh and a new battery.

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:57 pm

Your regulator had fried your battery
So you will need to replace both .
Nice story tho

Wicky · Post by **Wicky** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:58 pm

Regulator/Rectifier

Underneath seat cowl bolted on to subframe as you sit on the right. Is it unfinned?

See today's latest thread >> http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25656

Kev L · Post by **Kev L** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:00 pm

Beat ya to it suckers.....

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:02 pm

Kev L wrote:Beat ya to it suckers.....

still fast for a granddad :-)

Wicky · Post by **Wicky** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:06 pm

Kev L wrote:Beat ya to it suckers.....

Using a time machine is cheating - you answered before Boubepo even posted

Fried Battery
by Boubepo » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:48 pm

Re: Fried Battery
by Kev L » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:57 pm

in a minute Loydie has got a Tardis

Re: Fried Battery
by lloydiecbr » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:57 pm

Boubepo · Post by **Boubepo** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:08 pm

Bugger! the rectifier/regulator!! it was something I was going to replace as a precaution, especially with the Spanish heat factor - Thanks guys

Boubepo · Post by **Boubepo** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:17 pm

Next question - Where can I get a cheap, finned Regulator and get it to Spain, either Honda's best, a Jap alternative or a very, very cheap sweatshop, manufactured regulator from Beijing?

Wicky · Post by **Wicky** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:25 pm

Presumably Honda CBR 125s are / were sold Spain - nab one from one of them from a local breakers / Spanish ebay and you'll be sorted - along wth a new battery.

See today's latest R/R thread >> http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25656

or a very, very cheap sweatshop, manufactured regulator from Beijing?

Why would you want something that could fry your battery/electrics at an inopportune time/pace again??

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-CBR-125 ... 807wt_1151

Boubepo · Post by **Boubepo** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:34 pm

I want something quick, so I can get her back on the road - and lets face it, 95% of parts come from Beijing anyway

Boubepo · Post by **Boubepo** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:39 pm

The other 5% comes from Peking - Thanks for the heads up on the CBR125 Wicky

VTRDark · Post by **VTRDark** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:07 am

What gear did you have it in while trying to bump start? It's a Knockout Show

I used to love watching that program. The only thing that is missing from your post is a picture of the sunset. You deserve a large glass of Sangria after that

(:-})

Boubepo · Post by **Boubepo** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 3:21 pm

cybercarl wrote:What gear did you have it in while trying to bump start? It's a Knockout Show I used to love watching that program. The only thing that is missing from your post is a picture of the sunset. You deserve a large glass of Sangria after that

(:-})

It was a nice steep slope, probably about 100m long, I started off in 3rd only for the rear wheel to find no traction on the thin layer of sand covering the tarmac, so at 30m I moved up to 4th, still no traction, so out of desperation I even tried 5th over the last few metres. The sand was getting deeper as I got closer to the beach and all I could think about was pushing it back up that looong slope!

I said it was tarmac but it was actually those square shiny cobbled stones you get in Spain, with the layer of sand on top it was as slippery as hell. At one point while trying to push it up, I was taking a breather with the front brake on, only for me and the bike to start slipping back down hill again! - nightmare, I felt like I'd pushed it to the highest peak of Mount Everest by the time I'd made it to the top!

VTRDark · Post by **VTRDark** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:26 pm

I usually leave it in 2nd if I need to bump start. It was probably a blessing in disguise that yours did not start. By the sounds of it, you might have shot off and slipped on the surface or ended up in the sea. You did remember to turn the kill switch off

Any luck finding a replacement reg/rec.

(:-})