Originally Posted by MaryStoaks
Originally Posted by RatherB Quilting
Another easy check is to check your battery. My Hubby's bike eats his battery if it sits for any length of time. My bike doesn't as much, but if a bike sits, it still seems to draw power from the battery and can drain it. It might be that your battery has enough power to start the bike, but as soon as you challenge it to run, it throws in the towel.
We have to buy new batteries for our bikes every year in the desert heat. Sitting is hard on batteries.
You might want to get some battery tenders. They're not expensive. When the bikes sit for a long period of time, you put the "tenders" on them and it keeps the charge up on the batteries. We live in the desert and DH ALWAYS has one on his bike during the winter.