Hi all.
I went on vacation and the bike sat for almost 2 weeks. The morning I decided to ride, I wanted to see if the bike would start right up and, vavoom!.No delay, it just started right away as expected. I let it run for about 1 minute.
An hour later, after coffee, I am dressed and ready for my first ride in almost two weeks. When I went to start the bike, it would barely turn over. A few tries later, the battery is too weak to start the bike. I put the battery on a trickle charger and 3 hours later I could start it.
Battery going bad? If that is so, why would it start up right away after sitting for almost 2 weeks?

 

How old is your battery? I usually get 4 years use out of my mine, but I ride my bike just about every day.

 

Leave the battery connected to a tender whenever you're not riding.

Have the battery load tested.

 

what he said^^^^. It'll help get a longer and stronger life outta your battery.

 

I don't know if it's true or not but I heard some guys say it needs to run for 20 minutes to replace the juice it took to start it up. In the winter it needs to be on a tender all the time unless your riding it.
I just replaced my battery this spring and it was 6 years old and still worked well. I was going on an extended trip and wanted to be sure my bike would start and I was paranoid about a battery so old. Mine is either being ridden or is on a tender.

 

Would guess that your battery is getting a bit weak, it may last you a while if kept on a tender and/rode often but losing some of the reserve and cannot handle sitting , or you can have something draining it down when the bike is sitting, e ven security system draws some when sitting .have battery load tested also be sure the terminals are tight and clean( that can cause a draw) and also make sure your charging system is working correctly.

 

If it's the battery in your 2010 bike, it's possible that the battery is close to being three years old.

Keep your battery on a battery tender anytime the bike is not is use is a good idea but that Las Vegas takes a heavy toll on batteries as well as all electronics.

 

You didn't leave the ignition on did you?

 

My first thought. Even though it took a bit of its juice starting it, and a minute of run time is not even close to re charging it, still should have fired right up.