savage_skulls_ wrote on 05/04/15 at 09:33:19:Didn't think of that. I'll give it a shot and see what happens. Would the battery still charge well on the trickle charger and hold the charge for 2 or 3 hours if it is bad?
They can, if a cell is going bad
either leave it disconnected overnight and see what happens, or have it load tested
or just disconnect it and use a test light to see if the bike is drawing power with the key off, as JOG said
I understand the disbelief of a new battery being bad, but it does happen now and then
I do lean more toward a draw, though