Your motorcycle’s battery is a key part of starting and running your bike, so don’t let a dead battery render your motorcycle undrivable. Your motorcycle’s generator or alternator should charge the battery while the engine is running, but if the battery is no longer holding a charge, it may not start next time you’re ready to ride. If the lights or horn on your motorcycle aren’t working, or if there is little response when the starter button is pressed, you may need a new battery. O’Reilly Auto Parts can check the health of your motorcycle battery with a free battery test, and if you need a new one, these helpful instructions and video can help you better understand the procedure for motorcycle battery replacement. Supplies Needed for This Job:
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0:00 Welcome Back
0:51 Access the Battery
1:02 Remove the Old Battery
1:47 Install the New Battery
2:25 Reinstall the Seat
2:35 Start Your Motorcycle
2:47 Use a Battery Maintainer
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A dead motorcycle battery can keep your bike from starting, so it’s important to know the signs of failure to avoid an inconvenient breakdown. Signs that your motorcycle’s battery is dying could include little or no response when you press the starter button, or if you notice that the headlights, horn, or other electrical accessories are not performing their best. O’Reilly Auto Parts carries a wide selection of replacement parts, tools, and equipment to help you maintain your motorcycle, including 2-cycle motor oil, powersport and motorcycle batteries, air filters, and more.
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Park the bike on a level surface. Find the release… and remove the seat.
Use the appropriate tool to remove the cables from the terminal posts… this could require a socket, screwdriver or hexhead.
Start with the negative, which is marked with a minus sign. Set it aside someplace where it won’t touch metal. Now, disconnect the positive… and set it aside.
Remove the hold-down keeping the battery in place. This will vary from one bike to the next. Once the hold-down is removed, you should be able to lift the old battery out.
If there’s a height adaptor for the bottom of the housing, make sure it isn’t stuck to the bottom of the battery… and that it’s in place in the housing so the new battery can be installed. Set the battery in the housing… and re-secure the hold-down.
Reattach the battery cables, using the new hardware included with the battery. Reattach the positive first… then the negative. Put the seat back in place… and give the ignition a try to make sure everything’s working the way it should be.
Since your bike is likely to go long periods of time without being started, keep a battery maintainer on hand and connected during stretches of inactivity so it’s ready to go when you are.
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