Feeling an RGV-shaped itch that needs scratching. Anyone out to play?
I would actually love to, but I have family coming to stay and I shall be on entertainment duty for my 6-year-old nephew. And he'd never reach the pillion pegs.
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turns out the battery is fine - the alarm was being a dick (I did mean to say "datatool" above, rather than "optimate"). In my investigations though, I did find that the bolt that holds the seat on has vibrated itself loose and disappeared. Doesn't stop the bike working though, so quite possibly on for Sunday.
New battery was dead within a week with the Series3 fitted. Took it off (following advice from here and elsewhere), recharged the battery and a month later bike started with no problems. T i m
This one drops to immobiliser-only mode after two weeks of non-use, to try and stop the battery being completely flattened. Which is nice.
The only kink is you then can't disarm it with the fob, because it's stopped listening. As I discovered this morning, you have to re-arm it by turning on the ignition, then use the fob to make it die before it decides it's screechy-screechy time in an enclosed space. My ears are still ringing.
It's the first time since buying the bike I've gone two weeks without using it. I'll know better next time.
Well I think the Alarm part is ok (as far as any of them go) it's just they (all?) seem to much of a burden for (especially?) a small bike battery? Aren't such alarms supposed to draw summat like 2mA? So on even a 10 Ah battery that would be 10 / .002 = 5000 hours. / 24 = 208 days? I measured mine to be nearer 6mA so that would still been ~ 2 months, not one week (but I reckon the internal battery on mine was fucked, drawing more current than it should as it was constantly needing charge). T i m
That's exactly what appears to be the case with my bike - I couldn't get the alarm to disarm using the fob, so my initial reaction was to assume that - as before - the alarm had drained the battery. However, putting the key in the ignition and turning it to "on" set the alarm off, and I was immediately able to stop it shrieking using the fob. And the bike started first press of the button. well, fortunately, mine's parked outside.
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