It lives....

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... but not for long.
The battery is so flat that before I connected the car via the jump leads the neutral light was barely alight.

With the car running, there wasn't enough kick to get it to start but once Claire had her foot on the accelerator it started second of third go on the starter.

I don't like to let it bang over too long with each press on the button.

I left it to run for ten minutes of so and then gave up. Hopefully, this will mean it will start easier on Saturday morning so I can get it to Alford Brothers for the MoT and more importantly, have the new battery installed.



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Mike said…
Bike back on the road, happy days!
9 March 2012 at 17:16
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