Tiger flat battery

[Guest]

I can run a full heated jacket liner, grips, socks and my GPS no problem.

So can I.

The bike, when working properly can cope with a lot more than that.

[TripleFan]

I've now narrowed the issue to something about the motolights, maybe. The bike will charge at 13.8 V +/- at anything over 2k when it's first started, lights on or off. After 30 minutes, it'll show 14 V with the lights off and 12.5 V +/- with the lights on. That's whether I've ran them or not.

[aussietiggar]

I do not think it is any thing to do with load, I simply charged my battery for 10 mins with a heavy duty charger and have not had a problem since.

I lashed out and purchased a Haynes manual it mentions 2 or 3 times Triumph does not have any test details for the different charge system bits and pieces so not very helpful.

I am fairly sure that the problem is just a characteristc of the electronic charge/voltage regulator, if the bike has been left for a while, the battery starts loosing charge there may be enough charge to just start the engine but the extra voltage drop turns off the charge regulator and cannot charge a near completely flat battery I have seen this on some modern battery chargers.

The simple solution is the bike should be ridden as often as possible.

Also if it does play up again I will try a better quality battery.

Happy Riding

[german]

yesterday after 600km riding between 4 at 6k RPMs I had the same problem, Three weeks ago I replaced the battery due to flat battery,
after this problem, I had decided to return, after 500km I had observed , riding at 5k rpms the indicator showed  0 rpms a couple of times for some seconds.
Usually I like to do longer trips, I need a bike with excellent reliability

some of you have any concrete solution of this problem?

[german]

Dear aussietiggar, what was the finish of flat battery history?
because i have the same problem, i have replaced the batt but is the same.

Thanks for your comments.

My 2005 Tiger has an electrical problem, left me stranded.

The battery went flat while riding, after 2 jump starts got home.

I checked the charge rate the voltage drops with RPM.

Can any one confrim  what the charger output should be at various RPM's.

I was riding with a bunch of BMW's it was painfully embarrasing.

The Tiger only has 3000km's on it.