this was a stupid mistake by myself, but anyways.... i must have forgot to turn the key to OFF after a ride earlier today, went to ride again and battery is dead, no gauge lights no anything, i have a 96 f3 and the battery is under the seat and the seat cant be popped off without juice from battery. any ideas on how to pop the seat off or get to the battery so it can be jumped or charged? thanks

 

do you have some kind of special trunk kit or something ? normally you remove the side tail fairings , unscrew the two bolts holding down the seat then remove the battery cover never heard of seats being electrically controlled .

 

your right i just got the seat off and the battery out i have a battery charger but im not sure if the battery is 6v or 12v or can it be jumped from a car?

 

yes it can be jumped from a car, but turn the car off while doing it. Its a 12V

 

...removed cause I'm dumb and didn't read you already had it out. Sorry.

 

i got it on a 12v charger now, hopefully that will juice er back up to normal

 

did that work for you? is it a maitanance free battery?

 

just took it off the charger after like 30 mins of charging and the bike started right up, thanks for help guys

 

Why didn't you just pop the clutch in 2nd gear? Would be easier than hassling with the seat and charging the battery seperately. Goodluck.

-Jasper

 

listen to the jas man