Battery voltage ⚡️ drop

[LittleMike]

And thank you so much you guys who chimed in, you may not have given me the exact answer I needed but you always end up given the person an idea or steer them down the right Road I think this group does both thanks fellas if you were closer I buy you a soda pop.
But I'm going to go ahead and leave it on the concrete and cross my fingers

 

[LittleMike]

Day 4 on the concrete and the battery is starting to go dead. That 3 more days than usual.
I think the rubber piece and a small portable jump charger are going to a permanent fixture in my saddle bag.

 

[Olde Man]

If you think that the kickstand is draining the battery do this. Put a pc of rubber or wood under your kickstand. Then use your meter set on ma or mv and read from the kickstand and the concrete. No or very little voltage or current equal no drain. Done deal. PS: If you don't own a meter that will read dc mv and you own a big dog you should. Report back what your readings are.

Read ma or mv dc from the positive battery terminal to the concrete. No ma or ma means no circuit. No drain

 

[Mickmorris]

Day 4 on the concrete and the battery is starting to go dead. That 3 more days than usual.
I think the rubber piece and a small portable jump charger are going to a permanent fixture in my saddle bag.

Get some of those kickstand pads that Harry shared. They work awesome.

 

[Rottweiler]

Cut a 1/4 inch piece of rubber and glue it to the bottom of the kick stand. It will always be there.

 

[LittleMike]

Yeah I think we're going to call this thread good, all the time that I've spent on this not to mention all the time you guys have been racking your brains over it so I appreciate everything. I think we're just going to do the rubber and hope it never progresses from there, thanks fellas! If anything new pops up from this I'll be the first one to post thanks guys and if anybody hears about this ever happening to someone else and possible fix please pass it on! Right on and happy Sunday!

 

[Snuffy]

Where do you get the BigDog rubber pad ?

 

[knothead]

Where do you get the BigDog rubber pad ?

I have them if you talking about Hmans post #35...if so tell me how many you want.. they are 23.00 each free shipping...I got 30 or more of them left

 

[Snuffy]

I don’t need it but damn it I want one. lol. I will take 2. Get with you later about that. Thanks

 

[LittleMike]

Sir Snuffy, I'll make you a super duper custom one. Probably need a backpack to carry it around in though.

 

[Snuffy]

That’s great for the shop. I don’t need one just thought the BigDog rubber pad looks cool

 

[Mickmorris]

That’s great for the shop. I don’t need one just thought the BigDog rubber pad looks cool

They make awesome Beer Coasters too! Get ya a few from Knot. They are definitely cool & worth it too!

 

[Mickmorris]

Sir Snuffy, I'll make you a super duper custom one. Probably need a backpack to carry it around in though.

That’s the ticket! For some reason the only one of my bikes that has the same kind of issue is my 2000 Vintage Sport. I just keep it on a lift now & the battery is always fine. Put that bike on the kickstand for 2 days in the garage and it won’t even crank the engine…. Some kinda parasitic drain but I couldn’t isolate it either. Easy enough fix!