battery dead?

[Jeff Saline]

On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:36:26 -0000 "maudibbb" writes:

> Hello Folks! When I bought my 2001 650 in 2002, it came with an > Odyssey battery. It's provided great service for 7 years. This > weekend > the "Beast" stopped starting. It started gradually, and each time > the > KLR was shut off and restarted, cranking was slower and slower > until > finally there was no cranking at all. Due to circumstances, this > battery has never been charged other then by the KLR itself. It's > been > in 12 to 118 degree temps with periods of up to 2 months of not > being > started when I was hospitalized. Never failed to start till now. Do > I > get the battery charged and hope for the best? Do I somehow test if > the charging system is working properly, or just buy a new battery? > Also since the Odyssey is mounted on it's side rather then it's > bottom, should an OEM battery fit properly without modification? > Thanks!!

<><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><> maudibbb, Having absolutely no first hand experience with the Odyssey I'm gonna guess the battery is finally toast and you should just get a new battery and be thankful the old one lasted 7 years. That's pretty impressive for a motorcycle battery. I've got one that is going on 10 years but it's now used in a riding lawn mower instead of a bike. Longest I'll have to walk when that fails is on my property. : ) I'm gonna guess the OEM battery should fit fine but if the wires were moved to accommodate the Odyssey you might have to move them back. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT ____________________________________________________________ Start a Web Site! Hosting for only $3.95/mo. Free setup! http://offers.juno.com/TGL1141/?u=http://www.freeservers.com

[David Bell]

My Walther PPK just got recalled. Seems that with the safety off, letting the hammer down manually will sometimes fire the weapon. Gee. Bond is spinning in his grave. db ________________________________ From: smthng else To: DSN _KLR650 DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 2, 2009 5:20:01 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Still Another 08 Recall Sorry if you get this twice, Jim... I forgot to reply to all (that process sucks... pet peeve). On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Jim Douglas wrote:

> BTW, anyone else get these as could be serial number related. This is my > 3rd KLR and never > received any recalls on the other ones!

Got mine today for my '08. My exhaust had already fallen off, melted the rear brake line, a few other plastic bits, replaced under waranty, etc. I haven't checked the wiring harness, but will when I get the chance. I'll get it in to a dealer some time soon, but I'm not in a great hurry. But, I didn't get any kind of notice on turn signals yet, which I've already almost knocked off. :S --Jonathan "smthng" Kalmes Springfield, VA 2005 Yamaha FJR1300ABS - "Blue Bayou" 2006 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon - "Teflon" 2008 Kawasaki KLR 650 - It's here, but it hasn't earned a name yet. http://smthng. info [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]