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Two new 450s at the track yesterday and both had dead batteries. One guy had his a week and the other picked his up on Friday.
Had the same prob with my 2017 KTM 450.
Had the same prob with my 2017 KTM 450.
The best I've found with greater starting power and last forever.
My brother inlaw was going to charge his 18 ktm battery on a lead acid car charger.... yeah that would have been fire.
Perhaps the batteries didn't charged correctly at the dealer ship, also when batteries come to me from Amainhobbies they are almost always charged to storage only voltage and must be balance charged in order to be used correctly.
Hope those guys got there dirt scooters going eventually!
He had the yamaha charger and was able to ”unlock” it again but it was fried somehow, Yamaha sent him a new battery right away so its probably happened more than once.
People can talk all the garbage they want on others that still have a kick start and a carburetor but you wont see them having to call it a day due to a dead battery. I'm not trying to be that "old school" dude but one of the coolest things about being a dirtbike rider is/was how simple they were and they would always run aside from being prevented by a glaring mechanical problem. Now with the battery so crucial to a bike to not only run but to even get it started since the kickstarter has been completely eliminated....I'm sorry but losing out on a day of riding once you've already loaded up, drove to the track, paid, and unloaded ....only to find out your day is over before it began would infuriate me to no end.
The Shop
When these bikes are STONE dead, can they be bump started or must you have some juice for the fuel pump?
batteries suck... hurray kickstarters and carburetors!!!
Mine had life within a split second of me pressing the button.
Not saying one is better than the other, but they both have their pro's & con's.
My e-start bike hasn't let me down in the 2 years of owning it.
I did run across a guy on a new KTM that had a dead battery on day 1 and it wouldn't push start (I think certain KTM models can't from the factory, some can). Had to jump his bike off so he could ride.
Borrow a battery?
Is it just me or do fuel injected bikes kick start easier than carbed?
Pit Row
Couldn't you just bumpstart it and keep on keeping on? We're talking about a dead battery here. Not some sort of catastrophic failure.
Paw Paw
No, really KTM could not figure out how to make a 4 stroke fire up so they just used a battery, writing was on the wall once ralph sheheen picked up on it.
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