Bloody battery.

What a fckuing morning. The battery had drained whilst I was away on
holiday (probably the alarm amongst other things) and it's been nearly
three weeks since I got on the bike. Not a problem I thought. Just
stick the battery charger on, to give it a boost.

The procedure to access the battery on the Z1000 is as follows:

1. Remove rear seat.
2. Remove front seat
3. Undo 6 allen bolts
4. Remove plastic cover
5. Lift up metal bracket

Then I found out that the battery is not only upside down, at an angle
of 45%, but the bloody connectors are at the bottom!

30 fckuing minutes to get the space to connect the leads and get the
bike started and the bits back together. There's not enough space to
swing a flea under the seat of my bike. The ABS unit doesn't help as
it takes up a good chunk.

 

*ding*

Optimate tails are the way to go ..

Paul.

 

Every bike i have ever owned has them fit.

--


Nige,

BMW K1200S (for sale)
Range Rover Vogue
Suzuki GSX-R600 Racebike (for sale)
Honda ST1100 Pan European

 

Optimate tails are *soooo* last century. Built-in accessory sockets
are where it's at these days, dontchaknow.

 

A pair of chunky flying leads sounds like a possible answer to future aggro.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I want to get an optimate charger style connector, so I can rig up a
lighter socket to optimate plug adapter. Any idea what those
connectors are called?

 

Just need the white plug on the end.. already got a lighter socket and
wire.

 

Depends on which style optimate, but if you google Tamiya connectors
should find 'em.

 

Found them, nice one..

That's me sorted with an optimate connector to cig lighter adapter for
under £2.

 

I think you could be right. Looking at the other posts, an Optimate
charger and leads may be the way.

 

I've got Optimate leads on mine and the battery is a piece of piss to get
at. I've got a "Bagster" seat (one piece, nice) so a turn of the key in the
tail unit and the seat is off. There's no cover of any sort over the (right
side up) battery either, which makes access a doddle.

Mine's an earlier Zed than yours though, so it looks like they made
something easy to do (change the batter) a nightmare.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Simon is correct. I made a mini-usb charger for phone and gps by bodging
an old car socket one to a Tamiya connector for the Tiger.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=tamiya&source=15

 

Accessory sockets are *soooo* this century. My battery charges via
Bluetooth.

 

On the ZZR1400 they wire in an Optimate lead as standard.

 

Really? Never seen that before.

 

I think that's the problem. Apparently the ABS control unit and gubbins
takes up most of the space underneath the seats.

 

SOP for driveway ornaments.

 

Sometimes, Cab, sometimes...

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

I blame the garlic. It rots your brain.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

/facepalm

Hey, Cab... did you know that they've removed the word 'gullible' from
the OED?