charging issue's

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    Just purchased a new 14amp battery for my gen 1 tuono.  i am used to keeping these bikes battery well charged. owning a rsv gen 1 for 3 years. 

I fitted the new battery.  Then on my optimate charging, because the bike's been sitting in the garage for 2 weeks. the next morn, it read weak ie red light.  The bike starts fine. should i be worried ?

I know the optimate works fine, i had it charging my old RSV. the green light would come on within a few hours on that bike.  I have check the optimate lead and the battery bolts are all tight etc.

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skidoff Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moto3 racer Joined: 09 Feb 2011 Location: ESSEX Status: Offline Points: 32	Post Options Post Reply Quote skidoff Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: charging issue's Posted: 09 Sep 2013 at 22:08
	Just purchased a new 14amp battery for my gen 1 tuono. i am used to keeping these bikes battery well charged. owning a rsv gen 1 for 3 years. I fitted the new battery. Then on my optimate charging, because the bike's been sitting in the garage for 2 weeks. the next morn, it read weak ie red light. The bike starts fine. should i be worried ? I know the optimate works fine, i had it charging my old RSV. the green light would come on within a few hours on that bike. I have check the optimate lead and the battery bolts are all tight etc.

tapmyhed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Premium Member Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Location: Suffolk Status: Offline Points: 1944	Post Options Post Reply Quote tapmyhed Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Sep 2013 at 09:16
	Sometimed the crappy optimate connector gets a bit crudded up, giving exactly the symptoms you say......they get loose too. I clean mine regular, and pop the metal parts out to retention them (crushed carefully with pliers) so its a nice tight fit again. I really must change the connectors sometime.....its a similar crappy connector to the one under the pillion seat that tends to burn....removed that one too.
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