i made apost a little while back about the bike cutting out while cranking over a few times. i havent had a chance to test the battery yet but today it did it again and when i looked down it had reset my clock and both trip meters. am i wise to invest in a new battery come spring time or is this something else?

 

That's either a dieing battery or the start of a failing R/R...

 

Check your charging voltage. If it is well over spec (15v+) then chances are your R/R took out your battery. If that is the case, replace both or you'll fry another battery

 

Check your terminals. Mine did the same thing over the summer. The negative terminal wasn't loose but needed a good cleaning.

 

^^ Same here

another problem was dimming lights as the battery wasnt there to act as a capacitor....

cleaned and tightened the contacts and shes been good ever since.

btw i had a new battery last season and Suzuki RR

 

i find when my blinker is on i can watch my lights on my display dim a little with each blink. i need to yank it out this week and test it. terminals look good, i just hardwired my batery tender and they looked clean.