Marty,
If the battery is dead the charging system is expending all it's
energy trying to charge the battery rather than firing the ignition.
Sounds like a bad battery to me. If you charge the battery over night
you should be able to start and ride the bike for a couple of hours
even if the charging system doesn't work.
If the bike won't run for any substantial length of time after
charging the battery then the battery is done and needs to be
replaced.
JohnnyB


--- In CB175RaceTech@yahoogroups.com, Martin Schricker <schrickm@...>
wrote:
>
> I have a '69 cl175. It used to run, but yesterday I turned the
ignition on and tried to kick start it with no luck. A friend of mine
put a battery charger on it, and then tried to kick start it, and got
it running. So I got on the bike and was going to ride it home but I
turned the lights on and the engine died. I was wondering if the
battery is bad or if there's a problem with the charging system?
Another thing that confuses me is that there's no electric start on
the bike at all so why won't it start if the battery is dead?
>
> Any help is appreciated,
> Marty
>
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