What a lovely day for a bimble to the seaside.

Missesb says she would like to go for a spin on the bike. As I new this
might happen today I put the optimate on the trumpet to get the battery up
to top charge. Anyroadup optimate said it was nearly charged, so I left it
on thinking it would have a green LED this morning. On checking the
optimate this morning I find it's on the first LED. The battery is as flat
as a pancake. So much for optimate chargers. So we went out two up on the
ZX9R instead. Nice cup of coffee by the beach and bimbled home. So what am
I doing wrong with the optimate. Is it switch on first then connect to
bike battery or the other way round?

 

I've had an Optimate type charger (Oximiser) do this - started at 3 leds
then went down to 1 and stayed on first led for several days. I assumed
battery was knackered but hadn't got round to replacing it and just left it
connected. Came in one morning and the whole lot were lit up! Battery was
fine from that point on.

 

Wot he said. It's kept the B'bird's battery going for 6 years, and
revived that bloody useless pattern thing in the Wing, too.

I must get round to ordering the correct battery for the CBX, rather
than the 1/2- sized thing that the PO thought adequate.

 

Cool. I'll stick a bloody label on the thing. Thanks.

 

That's OK then. It Trumpet hasn't been touched for over six months. MrsB
did like it on the back of the ZX9R though. But only for short bimbles.

If it starts it up, then it's OK for now.