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Old 04-30-2008, 08:46 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by 98tadriver View Post
my original battery that came with the bike died after a few months. figured it was old so i bought a new one. i had to add the acid to it and charge, which i did. it worked great for a couple weeks. then the battery died.

i bought a pre activated battery figuring maybe i did something wrong with the other battery. that was maybe 6-8 weeks ago and now this battery is dead. i asked some friends that knew a lil about bikes. they said it could be a charging issue. mentioned something about a stator being bad perhaps? or is something drawing power while the bike is off?

Im going to go over all the wires and stuff

anybody ever have this problem before? My bike is a 99 zx6e

thanks in advance
well dont know how yours is wired BuT --what i have seen many times is the diode in the alternators voltage regulator is back leaking and > its like a trunk light on all the time < the charging system still works but it drains the battery some times in a day -- what i have done for guys with no money is to take the direct line off the battery from the regulator and put it to key on instead __ again dont know if yours is wired this way or not --jz
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