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PAULYBOY · 09-02-2006, 08:12 PM

Hi everybody. My son bought athis bike in June. We put a new battery in it from Advanced Auto parts and he's ridden it about 1000 miles this summer. the bike was very pampered and garage stored for the 1st 25 years of its life. 2 weeks ago, he went to start itt and it wouldnt. I had him take the battery out and top it up with distilled water. He said it was about 25% down wheb he had it out. Anyway, he reinstalled it and connected it back up properly, but now it doesn,t Start.My 2 questions are these: A. should we need to put it on a trickle chareger to recharge it, ans B. is this a sign of the alternator or whatever overcharging the battery. Any help or advice is really appreciated. Thanks.

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PAULYBOY Newbie Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 12	82 gs450t wont start Hi everybody. My son bought athis bike in June. We put a new battery in it from Advanced Auto parts and he's ridden it about 1000 miles this summer. the bike was very pampered and garage stored for the 1st 25 years of its life. 2 weeks ago, he went to start itt and it wouldnt. I had him take the battery out and top it up with distilled water. He said it was about 25% down wheb he had it out. Anyway, he reinstalled it and connected it back up properly, but now it doesn,t Start.My 2 questions are these: A. should we need to put it on a trickle chareger to recharge it, ans B. is this a sign of the alternator or whatever overcharging the battery. Any help or advice is really appreciated. Thanks.