Battery Box and Sore Knees

kendo57

kendo57

I've just spent 4 hours on my hands and knees just to fit an Optimate trailing lead to the battery. If I find the Austria f*ckwit who designed that battery box, I'll be delighted to shake him warmly by the throat. I know that there are probably a million good reasons for putting the battery behind the front wheel, but accessibility ain't one of them. I'm now off to take out my frustration on a couple of bottles of Stella.

Tony
Plipton

Plipton

took me about 20 mins to remove my battery and put it on charge. What were you doing for the other 3hrs 40 min?
Plipton

Plipton

Post missing.

rigga

rigga

Post missing.

SuperLuke

SuperLuke

Tony, I feel for you my man, some folks would tell ye ta get a bike lift and fix yer problem, I do not own one either, I larphed w/ DRF told shade to take his battery out, I knew it would not be easy, but if ye look closely there is a real good place too hook up a charge wire at the main fuse on the left side of the battery box, (small allen head bolt), that is the place I will put my protected positive wire for me charger.
rigga

rigga

Plipton, which wire did ya connect to, gonna fit mine in the next day or two and that sounds the way forward
rigga

rigga

Red wire with a white tracer stripe.

Check before you connect that it's 12V with the ign off - I just went to the garage to see and pulled the wires to see where they went rather than take the fuse box out (too effing cold in the garage today!!)

I used a (very naff, I know) scotchlock connector to tee in (there isn't much room under the fuse box so it was the best I could do under the circumstances)