Battery Drain Issue Finally Resolved!

I wrote about my killing of the motorcycle battery by deep discharging it some time ago. I also later found out that it was the IU unit that was eating up my battery juice when the bike is turned off. Previously, it took only FIVE days (5 DAYS!) of not firing up my motorcycle to completely drain my battery to levels where even the instrument cluster refused to work. And it didn’t just happen once, it happened a whole of 3 times before I swapped out the IU power wiring to only power up the IU unit when the bike is turned on.

Now, I’ve been a little busy of late and admittedly haven’t been riding my motorcycle. Boy! I sure missed my Pulsar! Anyway, it has been SIX weeks (6 WEEKS!) since I last fired up my Pulsar’s 200cc engine. So, out of curiosity, and before I fired up the engine again, I removed the seat cover and measured the voltage of the 6-week-neglected battery.

12.57V! That’s a VERY healthy voltage!

So with some excitement, I put the seat cover back, and mounted my motorcycle. I inserted the key and switched it on – so far so good! And then I hit the started button.

Vvrrrrooooom!

Ahh! The sweet roar of my Pulsar coming to life after 6 weeks of neglect was pure music to my ears! Needless to say, I took her for a spin today, with a huge smile hanging on my face.

Glad to be riding again!

I think it’s the IU that killed my battery

I think I killed my motorcycle battery

 

 

6 thoughts on “Battery Drain Issue Finally Resolved!”

          1. oh man, when r u free to give a crash course on routing these wires? because I have tonnes of things that i wanna add but not too sure how to add them in without direct connecting to the battery, haha!

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