Flat battery?

Is it ok to keep riding with a flat battery?
I got on the other day and got nothing. Luckily I live and work on a hill so
I can easily push start it. Is it ok to keep doing this, or will a dud
battery cause some damage somewhere along the way?

 

No, the bike'll wear out long before the hill does.

 

Depends if the bike is charging or not , if you have charge then I think
it should be ok .

 

If it didn't have charge it wouldn't get past the bottom of the hill.

 

All the other dinosaurs are extinct...

 

What about the push starts? Does that wear out the bike faster than battery
starts?

 

It certainly wears out the pillion!!

 

you have to be fucking kidding me ?. just the rider.. or cant you do a
bounce start wimp ?.

 

I can't

can't get the bike up the driveway

 

Battery is only there to save you the trouble of cranking the engine over by
hand or using a hill to start it.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Ummm - and to provide spark (which is really important when your
charging system is stuffed and you've still got 130 km to get home)

[memories of trying to remember to not touch brakes or indicators to
conserve as much battery power as possible]

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Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]
'81 Suzuki GS450-s
'87 BMW K100RT

www.dmcsc.org.au

 

As John Howard would point out that's a non core responsibility.

Errrr... wouldn't it have been easier just to unplug the wiring for those
lights?

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Easier? Probably. Quicker? Nah.

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Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]
'81 Suzuki GS450-s
'87 BMW K100RT

www.dmcsc.org.au

 

You may actually want to use them occasionally, depending on traffic situation.

--
// Rik Steenwinkel '85 R80ST Skippy bike
// Enschede, Netherlands '91 R100GS/PD The Great Unwashed
// N 52.2158 E 6.88589 '90 K75C Kommutabike
// "Far away is only far away '81 MZ TS250/1+LSW Badkuip
// if you don't go there" '79 Honda XL250S TBD

 

thats what arms and legs are for...



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