Dead Motorcycle Battery  5 Reasons Your Battery’s Dead  By Jerry
Smith, Photography by Marc Cook  You're a good motorcycle owner,
keep your battery on the proper maintenance charger, take care
of your bike like a true anal-retentive, but here you are. Dead
in the garage. A weekend ride quashed or at least delayed. How
come? There are many reasons for battery death. Let's look at a
few.  1. You have a leak circuit somewhere. This is simply a
low-level current drain on the battery that slowly sucks it dry.
If you've had the bike on a charger, this drain would have to be
bigger than the chargers capacity. Leaks can come from
accessories, alarms, GPS power supplies, or other sources. The
way to check is to remove the negative battery cable and place
your volt-ohm meter in the current (amps) mode. With the key
off, place the meters leads between the negative cable and the
battery's negative terminal. The current draw should be zero,
but a small drain on the order of a few milliamps is acceptable.
A drain of an amp