03 Vstar 1100 Custom Battery -- Need Help

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"rachael brooks" <Rachael.Brooks3.TakeThisOut@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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 > please see attachment it is an online parts list for all yamaha bikes i
 > find it helpful. if you cant find wot you are looking for let me konw and
 > it will help you
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 > "Zeek" <stacker.TakeThisOut@anon.com> wrote in message
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  > > Need Help. Can someone please tell me where the battery is on the 03 V
 > Star
  > > 1100 Custom? My battery went dead over the winter. I have no manual
and
  > > can't seem to find the battery. How do I get to it to charge it?
  > >
  > > Thanks for any help. Zeek
  > >
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If its like the 650 its behind the right side cover just behind the motor.
Alan head screw to remove..


"rachael brooks" <Rachael.Brooks3 RemoveThis @ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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 > please see attachment it is an online parts list for all yamaha bikes i
 > find it helpful. if you cant find wot you are looking for let me konw and
 > it will help you
 >
 >
 > "Zeek" <stacker RemoveThis @anon.com> wrote in message
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  > > Need Help. Can someone please tell me where the battery is on the 03 V
 > Star
  > > 1100 Custom? My battery went dead over the winter. I have no manual
and
  > > can't seem to find the battery. How do I get to it to charge it?
  > >
  > > Thanks for any help. Zeek
  > >
  > >
 >
 >
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please post the link.....i am not getting the attachment. thanks
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 > "rachael brooks" <Rachael.Brooks3 DeleteThis @ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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  > > please see attachment it is an online parts list for all yamaha bikes i
  > > find it helpful. if you cant find wot you are looking for let me konw
and
  > > it will help you
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  > > "Zeek" <stacker DeleteThis @anon.com> wrote in message
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   > > > Need Help. Can someone please tell me where the battery is on the 03
V
  > > Star
   > > > 1100 Custom? My battery went dead over the winter. I have no manual
 > and
   > > > can't seem to find the battery. How do I get to it to charge it?
   > > >
   > > > Thanks for any help. Zeek
   > > >
   > > >
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<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://parts.yamaha-motor.com" target="_blank">http://parts.yamaha-motor.com</a> is the site and you need to goto parts
and service this will bring a drop down menu and then click on parts catalog
this will then take you to another page at the top click catalog then you
need motorcycles then this will bring up all the years from 1963 to 2004
hope you find this helpful


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  > > "rachael brooks" <Rachael.Brooks3.TakeThisOut@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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   > > > please see attachment it is an online parts list for all yamaha bikes
i
   > > > find it helpful. if you cant find wot you are looking for let me konw
 > and
   > > > it will help you
   > > >
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   > > > "Zeek" <stacker.TakeThisOut@anon.com> wrote in message
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   > > > > Need Help. Can someone please tell me where the battery is on the
03
 > V
   > > > Star
   > > > > 1100 Custom? My battery went dead over the winter. I have no
manual
  > > and
   > > > > can't seem to find the battery. How do I get to it to charge it?
   > > > >
   > > > > Thanks for any help. Zeek
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:59:07 GMT, "Zeek" <stacker.RemoveThis@anon.com> waived the
right to be silent and professed:

 >Need Help. Can someone please tell me where the battery is on the 03 V Star
 >1100 Custom? My battery went dead over the winter. I have no manual and
 >can't seem to find the battery. How do I get to it to charge it?
 >
 >Thanks for any help. Zeek
 >

The battery is somewhere underneath the driver's seat, on the right
side (if you are sitting on the bike). It is behind the only painted
body part you will see on that side. You will need to remove a
Allen-type bolt to get to it.

And you will wish you had checked earlier. That battery costs about
$150US to replace!! It's a sealed unit.

I took mine out in the fall and kept it on a battery tender.

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Under the right sidecover
"Zeek" <stacker.TakeThisOut@anon.com> wrote in message
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 > Need Help. Can someone please tell me where the battery is on the 03 V
Star
 > 1100 Custom? My battery went dead over the winter. I have no manual and
 > can't seem to find the battery. How do I get to it to charge it?
 >
 > Thanks for any help. Zeek
 >
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 >> Stay informed about: 03 Vstar 1100 Custom Battery -- Need Help 

Note that according to yamaha, the sealed batteries are more sensitive to
charger types than a regular lead/acid battery. I am assuming that they
require a very small (trickle) charge and that most automotive chargers
deliver too much amperage too quickly, such that the battery can't vent the
gas produced quickly enough. Also i have noted in the case of my 650, that
the battery goes dead pretyy damn fast. A sub zero night, followed by the
bike not starting IMMEDIATELY will mean that i am gonna be pulling out the
charger...again
"Zeek" <stacker.RemoveThis@anon.com> wrote in message
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 > Need Help. Can someone please tell me where the battery is on the 03 V
Star
 > 1100 Custom? My battery went dead over the winter. I have no manual and
 > can't seem to find the battery. How do I get to it to charge it?
 >
 > Thanks for any help. Zeek
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: 03 Vstar 1100 Custom Battery -- Need Help 

 >
 >Note that according to yamaha, the sealed batteries are more sensitive to
 >charger types than a regular lead/acid battery. I am assuming that they
 >require a very small (trickle) charge and that most automotive chargers
 >deliver too much amperage too quickly, such that the battery can't vent the
 >gas produced quickly enough. Also i have noted in the case of my 650, that
 >the battery goes dead pretyy damn fast. A sub zero night, followed by the
 >bike not starting IMMEDIATELY will mean that i am gonna be pulling out the
 >charger...again
 >"Zeek" <stacker.RemoveThis@anon.com> wrote in message
 >news:%1Wfc.113$eK3.62@nwrdny01.gnilink.net...
  >> Need Help. Can someone please tell me where the battery is on the 03 V
 >Star
  >> 1100 Custom? My battery went dead over the winter. I have no manual and
  >> can't seem to find the battery. How do I get to it to charge it?
  >>
  >> Thanks for any help. Zeek
  >>
  >>
 >
 >
walmart sells a battery with a deep charge cycle that works
well. it's reasonably priced and american made.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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do you know what a deep cycle battery is? It is the type of battery that is
supplied for house trailers, battery powered wheelchairs etc. It releases
it's charge in a constant linear fashion from fully charged to fully
discharged,as opposed to a starter battery which discharges a significant
portion of its amperage in a few seconds. This is why we speak of measuring
starter drop in evaluating a battery. Thus the fact of it having a deep
cycle on the charger is really not relevant. What IS relevant however is
the rate of charge. Although my only referance is wal-mart CANADA.. i
assume the US is quite similar, and the only charger they had with a deep
cycle setting delivered 2 and 10 amps. According to both UASA and gs
batteries, the charging amperage should not ever exceed 1/10th of the
amperage of the battery, eg 10 amp battery (vstar) should have a max charge
of 100 milliamps or 1 amp. With the older batteries many of us are used to
(yuasa
yb14la2 for example) we could get away with the overcharge because the caps
were removed during charging. The sealed battery will build pressure and
thusly heat due to the fact that it can only vent so quickly Explosion is
not likely, however they DO cook rather quickly even with a good charger,
Bottom line the wally world guy is probably a bit large. I made a 1500
milliamp charger out of a wallwart (powersupply) for a videogame. Look for
one that supplys 12 volts and 1200-1500 milliamps. cut off the plug,
determine which wire is positive and which is negative, connect it to the
battery observing correct polarity and poof, instant free trickle charger.
Yes "e" i said that horrible word "free" again...free is good and i top
posted too..nnnyahhh
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 >
  > >
  > >Note that according to yamaha, the sealed batteries are more sensitive to
  > >charger types than a regular lead/acid battery. I am assuming that they
  > >require a very small (trickle) charge and that most automotive chargers
  > >deliver too much amperage too quickly, such that the battery can't vent
the
  > >gas produced quickly enough. Also i have noted in the case of my 650,
that
  > >the battery goes dead pretyy damn fast. A sub zero night, followed by
the
  > >bike not starting IMMEDIATELY will mean that i am gonna be pulling out
the
  > >charger...again
  > >"Zeek" <stacker.TakeThisOut@anon.com> wrote in message
  > >news:%1Wfc.113$eK3.62@nwrdny01.gnilink.net...
   > >> Need Help. Can someone please tell me where the battery is on the 03 V
  > >Star
   > >> 1100 Custom? My battery went dead over the winter. I have no manual
and
   > >> can't seem to find the battery. How do I get to it to charge it?
   > >>
   > >> Thanks for any help. Zeek
   > >>
   > >>
  > >
  > >
 > walmart sells a battery with a deep charge cycle that works
 > well. it's reasonably priced and american made.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: 03 Vstar 1100 Custom Battery -- Need Help 

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:34:06 -0400, "igetafunnynametoo"
<hendrix.RemoveThis@personainternet.com> waived the right to be silent and
professed:

 ><SNIP>
 >I made a 1500
 >milliamp charger out of a wallwart (powersupply) for a videogame. Look for
 >one that supplys 12 volts and 1200-1500 milliamps. cut off the plug,
 >determine which wire is positive and which is negative, connect it to the
 >battery observing correct polarity and poof, instant free trickle charger.

It's not free, unless you stole the power supply.

--
"I will jump one thousand feet into block of cement!"
Bruno the Magnificent
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i dont know about you, but there seems to be a never-ending supply of these
things from kids games, cell phones, cordless phones etc. I actually found
a way to recycle one into something useful..kinda pleasing in a way...
"Bruno" <insert DeleteThis @address.here> wrote in message
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 > On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:34:06 -0400, "igetafunnynametoo"
 > <hendrix DeleteThis @personainternet.com> waived the right to be silent and
 > professed:
 >
  > ><SNIP>
  > >I made a 1500
  > >milliamp charger out of a wallwart (powersupply) for a videogame. Look
for
  > >one that supplys 12 volts and 1200-1500 milliamps. cut off the plug,
  > >determine which wire is positive and which is negative, connect it to the
  > >battery observing correct polarity and poof, instant free trickle
charger.
 >
 > It's not free, unless you stole the power supply.
 >
 > --
 > "I will jump one thousand feet into block of cement!"
 > Bruno the Magnificent
 > Big Top Bunny, 1951<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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 >
 >On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:34:06 -0400, "igetafunnynametoo"
 ><hendrix.DeleteThis@personainternet.com> waived the right to be silent and
 >professed:
 >
  >><SNIP>
  >>I made a 1500
  >>milliamp charger out of a wallwart (powersupply) for a videogame. Look for
  >>one that supplys 12 volts and 1200-1500 milliamps. cut off the plug,
  >>determine which wire is positive and which is negative, connect it to the
  >>battery observing correct polarity and poof, instant free trickle charger.
 >
 >It's not free, unless you stole the power supply.
 >
it also doesn't have an suto load detect to shut it off, so
you could slow cook the battery.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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You will more than likely need a new battery. DO not leave it in over the
winter. You will also need a small (mc intended) charger. But even if you
can get it to charge back up, I am willing to bet that it will be
short-lived and will only let you down when you least need the hassle. Do
yourself a favor and for the $50 that it costs... Beats $150 later in
towing + the $50 you already need to spend. This time take care of your
battery... There are many articles on this... I am sure you can find
something in forums too.

Chaka.


"Zeek" <stacker.RemoveThis@anon.com> wrote in message
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 > Need Help. Can someone please tell me where the battery is on the 03 V
Star
 > 1100 Custom? My battery went dead over the winter. I have no manual and
 > can't seem to find the battery. How do I get to it to charge it?
 >
 > Thanks for any help. Zeek
 >
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