My guess is that the battery needs to be replaced, but I thought I would ask you for your opinions. I believe the battery is the original YUSA from a 2002 1880c purchased in Nov. 2001. (I bought the bike used in Dec. 2003 so I'm not sure). I know, its time to replace the battery anyway. Yesterday, rode aboout 120 miles, stopped for gas, hit the start button and nothing, then it started to catch, and on on the third try it turned over and started right up. Today (put on another 150 miles), each time I tried to start it up it got worse. When I hit the startup button nothing happened, then after a couple of more tries, it would start to turn over, and finally it would and would start right up. Runs great after it starts (by the way, I did the ground fix about four months ago). Put a volt meter on the battery, it read 12.84 V, but when I turn the key to the on position the voltage in the battery dropped to 12.2 V.
As always thanks for the help.
As always thanks for the help.