Over last winter I didn't ride enough and the original battery I had on the bike ended up dying. My bike is a 2002 F4i. I bought a trickle charger which would sometimes charge it just enough to get the bike started, but once turning the bike off for a few minutes there was not enough charge to get it restarted. So, I ended up having to buy a new battery. So, I got a new battery from BatteriesPlus. It is a 12V Xtreme permaseal battery. I bought this brand new battery in June of this year. Since putting it on, over the past couple months I have had no issues until last week. I hadn't ridden for a few weeks and went out to turn my bike on and it was dead again. So, I took the battery out and put it on the trickle charger. After 6 days on the charger I reinstalled the battery and it still did not work. BatteriesPlus tested it and put it on their charger and say it is now ready to go. I am going to pick it up right now. But, why would a battery which I bought only 4 months ago be dead? What is the typical battery life of a 12V motorcycle battery and how long can you go between rides where it wont affect anything?

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Hmmmm......sounds like its your stator, the stator is the electrical charging system like an alternator on a car. Its located on the lower left side of the bike. I have had the original battery in my 02 and it still is in it.

 

Hey, thanks for the response. I ended up taking it to the Honda dealer and they performed a check. Found out that BatteriesPlus sold me a crappy battery. They said they have seen that problem before. They recommended a Yuasa brand name battery. They told me that is all that is wrong. So, hopefully that will be it and I will learn my lesson that you cant go cheap on batteries. I might go pick up my bike today (hopefully it will start because I didnt have the dealer put the battery in for me). I found the battery online for $120 shipped to me. The dealer wanted $180 for it. So, after I get my new battery in the mail and hook it up I will repost to let people know if that is it or not. Then hopefully others will learn you cant go cheap on batteries.