I do belive a new battery is in order after you install it test your voltage and it should be 12.6 0r so then start it and it should be 13.2- 13.6 it it dose this you will be alright.If it don't then install the rectifier.Im inclined to belive it is a bad or weak battery's you have at the moment.The ds demands a good amount of power and if you install a sudstandard battery it will not hold up.And motorcycle battery responds to slow charging way better then a quick charge and normaly a quick hi amp charge will kill them fast !!!!

 

Thanks AZSAND. The battery is $80 plus my core. He said he could also sale me a "maintainer" I think that is what he called it. He said that it cycles the battery. He said that he thought the DS650 had an always on power system. Is that correct?

 

No and if you have a good battery i belive your problems will be solved. msintainers are good if you let the bike set for long periods of time but as long as you have no shorts in the system it is not needed.And once you install the new battery you can check for shorts by turning everything on the bike off remove the ground cable from the battery gentaly strike it aginst the negative post if it makes a spark check to see if everything is off then try again if it still sparks you have a closed corcute some where and you should address the problem.If it dose not spark at all reconnect your battery and go to bed knowing your bikes electrical system is fine.This is best done in a darker area so you can see or hear the spark if its shorted.

 

sounds like a great Idea. I'll try that today

 

PS: i have 05 ds that just recived a new 800 motor i installed the motor ripped all the wiring and started form scratch.So it has taken me way to long to get back and finish the job 7 months to be excact and when i hooked up the wires sunday and hit the start button she fired right up and thats on a stock YUSA battery.They are pretty good quality.

 

alrite, he never told me the brand of the battery, just that it has a 6 month warranty, that will be enough of a warranty for me to find my problem.