How many cranks should you be able to get out of the battery before it'll die???

I had my battery off my bike and it tested good a couple weeks ago. Had my bike out yesterday and when I came home from riding the idle was a little off so I adjusted it and I probably shut the bike on/off 4 or 5 times to set it right (says to shut it off/on in the manual).

I went to go start it today and the gauges came on & so did the headlight, but when I went to start it the cluster went off like there wasn't enough power and it didn't turn over.
So then my dad threw it on the charger and said it was charged in no time......so he says it's not the battery.
The connections were tight & good on the battery too. It ran 100% fine when the battery was (charged) put back in the bike.

So if it's not the battery, what could be draining all the power???
I was just gonna go thru the Service Manual and check the starter relay and some diode or something like it says.

This happened a month ago too, and I thought it was the battery and then had it charged & it ran fine when I put it back in. And then after that it was tested and it was good.
I dunno....I just think that restarting it 4 or 5 times shouldn't be enough to kill the battery though. Assuming there is another problem.

Any other suggestions???

 

As long as your actually starting the bike than the battery shouldnt die at all. Maybe your battery is just shot.

 

How old is your battery? And, have you ever left your bike completely drain your battery dead? I have a friend that likes to do this. About the third or fourth time, the battery is junk. He's honestly went through about 6 batteries in the past year. He just had one last month only let him jump it twice before it was crapped. I'd say try a new battery.

I wouldn't know why starting it 4 or 5 times would hurt it?

 

Welll I went thru the service manual and tested everything & everything came back okay. No blown fuses, okay on the battery leakage, the battery has the right voltage, & the battery charges back up correctly when the bike revs up (so it's not the stator or rectifier)

The only last option is that maybe there is a problem with the battery........gonna check it in a couple days & check to see if it's losing voltage. If it is losing voltage, then I found my culprit (the battery).

I'm assuming it's probably the original battery (5 years old) since the bike only had 1,500 miles on it when I bought it.
So just gonna wait & see and probably end up springing for a new battery just to be safe.

Any particular brands??? Local auto store said they stocked Energizer (motorcycle batteries) for $60
I know that the OEM one would probably be the best to buy...but they're like $100+

(Don't really think it'd matter, but though I'd ask anyways)