This morning I took the bike out of the garage and went to start her up. All the lights came on, but I got the repeated solenoid click of a weak battery. "No problem," I thought. "I'll be riding plenty long enough to charge the battery a bit; I'll just push start it." I did so and was on my way. It did leave me wondering why it would be low, though. The last time I had ridden my bike was Monday, and that was 200 mile ride.
I rode for about 6 miles, making sure to keep the RPM's up to help with charging. I stop, pay my rent, and go to be off on my way when CLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICK. OK... I was going to get the bike inspected today, but I guess I'll just ride her back home and look into it there. I push start it, and I make it about 3 miles before it starts to bog down during acceleration. I pull over and let it idle. Any acceleration from there, and the bike would bog. I killed it, and as soon as the engine died, so did the all of the lights.
Long story short, I get it home, take the battery out, and put it on my trickle/float charger. (At this time, I'll mention that I have an AGM mini battery installed rated at 6AH and 130CC that's had no problem over the past year.) After that, I took the battery to Batteries+ to have it load tested, where they confirmed it was fine. So I reinstall the battery and decide to check out my charging system just in case.
THIS IS WHERE I THINK IT'S WEIRD: So I try the load test suggested by the Clymer's. I let the bike run until she's nice and warm, and I hook my multi-meter up to the battery's pigtail. Flip on the high beam, and approximate 5K+ RPM by ear. The book says indicated battery voltage should be between 14.0V - 15.5V. With RPM's up it wouldn't get above 13.6, but when RPM's were back down, it would show 14.08. This got me confused. My next step was to do the no-load test, but I was quickly distracted by this:
I guess you could say I'm environmentally irresponsible. When I put on my cone filter, I just routed the crankcase vent hose down under the engine. Still, why would SO MUCH oil come out? I was only running like this for... 1, maybe 2 minutes? I'd estimate it was about 3/4 throttle.
So to summarize my questions: Why did so much oil come out? And Why was my batter already dead? Should I still do my no-load test?