Quick update. It was the tracker that drained it - without line of sight it was just constantly pinging away. Re the stuck bolt, Honda Assit fella had to use a chisel to get the bolt undone but managed it without slipping and scratching the paint. Heart in moment that. It had been massively overtightened at the factory / garage. Luckily the blade battery is easy to remove (once stuck bolts taken care off) so is now charging and I’ll hopefully be back on it tomorrow. Of note, I don’t have electrical sockets in my garage but the mechanic recommended getting a car battery and hooking that up if you’re leaving it anymore more than a couple weeks. Seems pretty straightforward and simple solution. He was a biker himself (with a 1999 and 2012 blade) said that’s what he does for his.
Interesting - I’ve got one that I take when touring. May ask them to add one on the first service in a couple of weeks. Going to ask them to fit the tail tidy I got as well - after the issue with the bolt i’d rather save my time. One thing I forgot to mention earlier was that most of the tools are missing from the blade tool bag that comes with the bike - only realised when I was trying to remove the seat.
Genuine ones are always for sale on eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-CB...m=312492728432&_trksid=p2047675.c100008.m2219 Offer £18, and he'd come back with £20.00. Done deal!!
This has helped me. My mate brought a new blade last week and today his battery was dead. No tracker He got told by the dealer to get it to them and they will have a look and told him it had a lithium battery so don’t jump it or use any old charger, I told him it had not got a lithium, he went to infinity for a lithium charger and they sold him a normal one and after all that he just stuck it on anyway and then checked the battery number and it is a normal battery. So it is on charge and then going back to dealer when charged. Do you get my jist
Yeah - dealer told me mine had a lithium-ion battery but it’s just standard. SPs have the lithium batts. Standard battery is pretty small - half the size of the one I had on my little NC30. I actually don’t think I’ll bother upgrading to a lithium ion one
My solar charger has not let me down, It charges 2 bikes lithium bats at a regulated 13.4 v both have alarms. they hibernate all winter apart from stripping down and always start.no need for sockets or fancy chargers
