Good day.
Love this forum. First time poster, long time lurker.
I have a 1986 Suzuki Savage.
It is in decent shape. I recently followed the steps to fix the dreaded Savage oil leak from that loose plug. Thanks for that.
The new problem, which when I think back on it, has happened since I got the bike. I have only had it for a month. I am a new rider. The first few rides I did were short. The longest of which, about an hour included me making 1 stop and then continuing. As I was gearing down to enter my driveway the bike lost power and stalled. After talking to some friends, they tested my battery and said it was dead. No problem.
I bought another battery. By this point, I had finished my motorcycle training course and was about ready to do longer rides. The first ride was a bust. I went to a buddy's house, then to get a coffee, then went to get gas. After I filled up, the battery was dead. Needed a boost.
Next ride; left my house, rode to a meeting spot 15 mins away. waited about 20 mins for my friends. Bike started fine, rode about 10 mins til one buddy had some idling issues. Turned off bike, he fixed his, and then we went to leave and my bike was dead again. Needed a boost. Proceeded to a coffee shop about 15 minutes away, had to bump start it. Half way home it died again. Wouldn't bump. Was getting dark, called a buddy and loaded bike up in his truck.
I tested the battery with the multimeter, on and off and while revving. seems OK in that sense. Remember i'm a newb btw lol.
Told another buddy about this problem and he pointed out that the problem seems to happen after bike gets hot, it drains the battery. We let the bike get cold, it started up magically after the battery was recharged. Sounded great. revved nice. Then we killed the engine and let it cool. Put a heat gun on it for a few minutes and tried starting it. It chugged and really did not sound like it did 5 minutes earlier. So clearly when hot something is causing the battery to drain.
This being the extent of my knowledge I'm now turning for some input from the more experienced people.
Any tips/tricks/things to try would be most appreciated; as well if I need to provide more info, just ask.
Thank you.