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If I recall correctly, the PO of my bike replaced the battery not long before I got it. They were meticulous and gave me a stack of maintenance orders. Therefore, best guess is the battery is less than 3 years old.
I was going to take the Vulcan 500 for a ride with my buddy yesterday - I took it off the battery tender, hit the starter and got Grrrrrrrr... Classic dead battery relay chatter. To cut to the chase, after dorking with starting the bike with my big charger, I took the battery out. NO CELL HAS MORE THAN AN INCH OF ACID IN IT!!
Where the heck did the acid go? Could a bad connection at the battery (it was a little loose) trick the Battery Tender Jr. into cooking the battery? It has been on the tender for several months, but should have just been float charging it.
Now I'm out $90 or so to get a new battery.
I was going to take the Vulcan 500 for a ride with my buddy yesterday - I took it off the battery tender, hit the starter and got Grrrrrrrr... Classic dead battery relay chatter. To cut to the chase, after dorking with starting the bike with my big charger, I took the battery out. NO CELL HAS MORE THAN AN INCH OF ACID IN IT!!
Where the heck did the acid go? Could a bad connection at the battery (it was a little loose) trick the Battery Tender Jr. into cooking the battery? It has been on the tender for several months, but should have just been float charging it.
Now I'm out $90 or so to get a new battery.