As some might remember, a while back I was asking advice about kick starting my Yamaha Nouvo Elegance after it had been sitting for several months. See here for that conversation.

Arrived back home on Friday afternoon, plugged the new charger in and connected the battery. The light showed yellow, indicating charging. Somehow it almost seemed too short a time before that light went green, indicating that it was fully charged, but maybe my colour differentiation isn't so good and it was simply a gradation of the initial yellow.

Anyway, left it to get an overnight charge, and Saturday morning went out and reinstalled the battery.

Took three or four tries with the ignition button of maybe ten seconds each, and it sputtered. A couple more tries, and it started up. I tried moving but it immediately died, so I restarted and left it idling for five to ten minutes. Then I went off on a 60 km warmup ride to get both the bike and myself reacquainted and working together.

Everything working super fine. No kick start needed at all!

Thought people might like a bit of an update, particularly with such a great outcome.

the kick start is very easy to use ,i would have tried that first before i even took the battery out

(do u use benzine or gasohol in it ? benzine fires up a lot easier when the bike hasnt been used for awhile

the kick start is very easy to use ,i would have tried that first before i even took the battery out

(do u use benzine or gasohol in it ? benzine fires up a lot easier when the bike hasnt been used for awhile

Almost always prefer the benzine, although on occasion, sometimes simply being rushed and not paying attention, I have used gasohol.

Someday I will try the kick start, but as the bike had been standing for months and the battery would have been flat, I decided to charge it and then do the easy start. Next spring I'll leave the charger on and it'll start up once I simply reinstall the battery.

Guess I'm just lazy, mainly

Disconnet the battery before you leave and should not need charging

You can get a trickle charger that will keep the battery in good condition. Inverably I get through batteries as I don't leave them on trick charge and go back home for three months. Do some searching through the threads. If its an expensive/specialist battery, its worth looking after and trickle charging, otherwise just buy a new battery. Probably worth trickle charging for car/pickup batteries; these are not as cheap as they used to be!