Silly Battery Light

[Anonymous]

The battery light stays on, on my 80 GS11. The battery is obviously there, and the bike is sharging correctly. I was told by someone, the light stays on unless the bike has the OEM battery. Is this true?


Thank You,
Tim

[Hap Call]

Re: Silly Battery Light

The battery light stays on, on my 80 GS11. The battery is obviously there, and the bike is sharging correctly. I was told by someone, the light stays on unless the bike has the OEM battery. Is this true?


Thank You,
Tim

Tim, if your bike had the electrolyte level warning light, then that is correct. The stock replacement costs in excess of $100 so most people elect to go with the battery that does not have the sensor installed in it and pay only $40. The way to keep the light from staying on is highly technical and I had a lot of trouble with it but here is how to keep it from burning:

Step 1: Remove the bulb.

If you have any questions aboput this procedure, let me know. I will answer any questions the best I can, please type in big letters and type real slow because I am not a smart man.


Hap
Forrest Gump's lost (evil) twin

[Anonymous]

THE BATTERY LIGHT IS CONNECTED TO A WATER LEVEL SENSOR WHICH IS PLUGGED INTO BATTERYS EQUIPPED WITH THE RECEPTACLE- IF YOUR BIKE HAS A BATTERY THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE CONNECTION THEN YOUR LIGHT WILL STAY ON--IF YOU HAVE A NO MAINTENANCE BATTERY THEN YOUR SENSOR IS PROBABLY JUST LAYING SOMEWHER IN THE BATTERY AREA- IF NOT THEN PUT SOME WATER IN YOUR BATTERY

[Hap Call]

Scotty, da GS Engineer, done speaks da truth!

Hap
Scotty wannabe

[Anonymous]

Hap
Scotty wannabe

Im still soaked to the bone from riding in the rain--and now my right front brake pad is only wiping half of the the outer side of the rotor- if you wannabe be a scotty then tell me what the devil could cause that--i guess i will take it off and see what is stuck or rusted from all the rain

[Anonymous]

Thanks guys. Hap, I'll make sure I type slower for you. LOL


Tim

[Anonymous]

Hap wrote
Tim, if your bike had the electrolyte level warning light, then that is correct. The stock replacement costs in excess of $100 so most people elect to go with the battery that does not have the sensor installed in it and pay only $40. The way to keep the light from staying on is highly technical and I had a lot of trouble with it but here is how to keep it from burning:

Step 1: Remove the bulb.

If you have any questions aboput this procedure, let me know. I will answer any questions the best I can, please type in big letters and type real slow because I am not a smart man.

Hap
how about drawing me a schematic of that proceedure

[Anonymous]

HAP, I TOO LIKE LARGE LETTERS TYPED SLOWLY. IT'S NOT THAT I'M NOT SMART, JUST CAN'T READ FAST!!!
Bob "still trying to get his GS850 running after it's 5 year vacation" Paul

[Jay B]

What?

Here's my question. I understood what Scotty and Hap said to do after reading it 5 times I firgured it out.

WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT THE HECK IS AN 80 GS11 AND DO THEY GO FAST? SHAFT or CHAIN? WHERE CAN I GET ONE?

[focus frenzy]

Re: What?

Here's my question. I understood what Scotty and Hap said to do after reading it 5 times I firgured it out.

WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT THE HECK IS AN 80 GS11 AND DO THEY GO FAST? SHAFT or CHAIN? WHERE CAN I GET ONE?

JAY, the gs11 is a sister bike to the yamaha XS-11, it is alot faster and it doesnt eat 2nd gear like they were m&m's, like the XS-11 does.
funny thing is through out the life of the XS-11, going from a shaft driven cruser/ ujm in 1979 to a 1200cc chain driven sport/sport touring bike in the early 90's(FJ1200) yamaha never corrected the second gear problem.
people complain about weak stators on the gs's, HAHA I would rather replace stators than replace gears, any day of the week!

[Anonymous]

If you can find which wire is the power lead then you can just cut it off at the source, no more light.

H A P , I. .W I L L. .M A K E. .I T. .E A S I E R. .F O R. .Y O U !!
P U T. .T A P E. .O N. .L I G H T ! ! !

[Anonymous]

Jay, it's a 1980 GS1100. Mine is a chain model, and it's wicked fast for a machine of this era. Find one sitting behind a garage near you. LOL

[Jay B]

Sitting behind a garage

Trouble is there are none sitting behind garages around here. I go to yard sales all the time hoping to find a nice project bike. Funny before I bought mine I ran into them all the time. Now I have one can't find any more.

[Anonymous]

We do motorcycle salvage as a sideline/hobby. I am always able to find bikes in the 100.00-400.00 price range. It takes a lot of effort, religious searches of newspapers within a 100 mile radius and the luck of being the first caller. My first GS, a GS1000GL cost me 125.00. It took me 3 hours of effort and a bucket of carb cleaner to get her back on the road. Keep looking! Where are you, anyway?