Marvellous days in Bavaria! Sun all the time.
Well, then pushing a bike 3 km is certainly nothing anyone would like to do. Even worse, though, when I finally made it to my house - drenched in sweat - I found 3 of 6 cells in the battery clear below minimum level. That explained pretty well why the engine sputtered and stopped a minute afterwards. Complete electric breakdown! Considering the fact that I was just returning from regular maintenane at my dealer´s garage that is a major annoyance.
Last time in the garage the foreman overfilled the oil. This time he just didn´t check the fluid level in the battery - pure luck that the bike stopped near home, I toured 300km today. I´m hopping mad.
After Precious decided to have a break I checked the fuses - all well there - I wiggled any connector in sight, turned the key and the fuel pump didn´t beep but ticked quietly. The e-starter was dead, so I kicked. The motor fired up and died again immediately after switching on the light. Now the battery was completely dead, so I pushed.
I tried constantly to start again and after an hour or so I was sucessfull, saving me from pushing the last 2km. It only reved with much throttle and there was no idle.
Then I found this battery with 3 cells only half or 2/3 full with fluid. Finally I measured 12,5 V without load, turning the key send the figure down to 8 V. I was able to fire up once more, pushing the indicated value to 14,5-15,5 V.
I think the battery is fucked up. Any other ideas?