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New to Ducs. I have a 2002 STs4 in drop dead red.
It has had some issues since I bought it last year including a completely lunched engine about 200 miles into my ownership. Has a new engine now.
Current question: If they bike is running, will these bikes continue to run if the battery goes below a certain voltage? Mine is about cooked I think and is good for maybe two cold starts then is pretty much out of the picture until I give it an overnight trickle charge. Does that sound like I need a battery? I am clueless as to it's age. When charged seems to turn the starter slowly compared the starter on a CBX I have. Is checking the alternator output at the trickle charge pigtail a reliable way to determine if the battery is getting enough juice from the alternator?
Thanks

Magnet21
It has had some issues since I bought it last year including a completely lunched engine about 200 miles into my ownership. Has a new engine now.
Current question: If they bike is running, will these bikes continue to run if the battery goes below a certain voltage? Mine is about cooked I think and is good for maybe two cold starts then is pretty much out of the picture until I give it an overnight trickle charge. Does that sound like I need a battery? I am clueless as to it's age. When charged seems to turn the starter slowly compared the starter on a CBX I have. Is checking the alternator output at the trickle charge pigtail a reliable way to determine if the battery is getting enough juice from the alternator?
Thanks
Magnet21