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Originally Posted by ArfBrookwood
The bike is on a charger and has been since Monday. It turns over but there seems to be no "ignition" sounds. And it seems to lose charge VERY quickly.
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Don't overcook your battery. The battery on a GZ250 is small and shouldn't be charged at a very high rate, no more than 1.2 amp max, and 8 hours of charging should be enough time under almost any normal conditions.
Does the battery have enough electrolyte? Wet batteries need to be maintained, by keeping electrolyte level up to the line. I find I need to check level, on those machines that have wet batteries, at least three or four times a year and add a little distilled water. Charging can boil off the water, even while riding, and if the plates are exposed, crystals can form that short out that cell, at which point the battery is done.
If you can't get the machine started, you can't test the charging system. Personally, I'd avoid jumping the motorcycle, because it's hard to use those big car jumper clips in the tight battery compartment of a motorcycle, and a mistake can damage electronics, or worse. What I do instead is to temporarily replace the motorcycles battery with an extra general utility car battery I have available, using heavy cables with lug ends and sections of bicycle inner tube to insulate those. With the car battery, I can crank and test, for hours, without running down my bike's battery.
I'd anticipate looking for a new battery. I put one of these in my GZ250, a year and a half ago.
https://batterysharks.com/suzuki-250...placement.html
For $14, one shouldn't expect the highest quality, but I'm happy to report it's still going strong, a year and half later. And, this one is a sealed type, so no maintenance is required. Max charging rate is still relevant.