Last weekend it was time to prepare the motorcycle for a new season. Charged the battery and mounted it, engine started at first try, all as it should be.
First ride on Tuesday to work. All fine until I was about to park the bike when I noticed that the battery indicator was flashing. Stopped it and tried to start it again, but no, not enough power on the battery. What to do now? Bought a charger at Claes Ohlson and charged it during the day. I also realized that I had forgotten to connect the ground wire, could that be the cause? After work when heading home I mounted the battery and hoped for the best. Pressed the start button and …. click … dead, no electricity. What could I have done wrong, could it be that the blue wire was not the ground wire (“Husqvarna TE610 not charging”). But in my frustration I came to touch the positive wire and suddenly the display light up. So, disconnected it and connected it again, mounted the seat and tried to start – YES! Drove home, same thing happened after a while, no power on the battery, but at least I could drive home (just hoping I had enough petrol).
At home I recharged the battery, but before doing that I found some sandpaper and used it on both the poles and the wires. The day after when mounting the battery I also used a good amount of WD-40, fired up the engine and from that day no problem.