Hello- first time Evo owner this week. Just brought home a 1988 FLHS. Put a new AGM battery in (fully charged), went for a 10 mile ride, then plugged in the trickle charger when I got home. It's been 2 1/2 hours now and the battery is still charging (yellow light). Do I have a problem with my charging system or is it normal that the battery would take this long to charge up after a short ride? Would appreciate your thoughts on this. Thanks. -bob

 

Hey Bob, welcome to the Forum! Trickle chargers have virtually no amperage so if your battery needs any charge at all, it's going to take a while. This may sound like a stupid question, but how do know your battery was fully charged? New out of the box, they usualy still need a charging before they are full.

Oh, and btw, don't forget to show us your ride!

 

Let me be the second to welcome you to the board! I have an '88 FLTC. I had the same thing going on for a while. the trickle turned green about 20 minutes after a ride, then got longer and longer, until eventually it would take days. The battery checked out good every where I took it to. I thought my charger had taken a crap. I got a new battery while chasing a starter problem, and the charger worked like it always did, 20 minutes and green.
Have you checked the voltage on your battery? Before and after a ride? As is being stated, it's probably not really fully charged.

 

The last AGM full charged battery I put (late fall last year) after hooking up the maintenance charger took 24 hours for the light to go green

 

BTW, what did you pay for your '88?

 

Hey Blu, did I see on another thread, your selling your bike?

 

Thanks All - I put the new battery on a trickle charge when I first got it and then charged it until the light was green before I put it in the bike, so I'm assuming it was fully charged when I went for my 10 mile ride. I'll post some pics of the bike soon. I paid $6,500 for it. It looks to be in good condition. Speedo says 16,200 miles, but who knows for sure? -bob

 

Do you have a multi meter? you may want to check and make sure your charging system is working and also check to see if there is any current draw while it's turned off.

 

I was ready to. After talking around, I was LOW at $5200. I was talking to a guy at the park that just got an '01 FLH. He was looking for a full dresser. I told him $6k, but wasn't sure if that was too much. He said Nope, I should get $6k out of it. But, I've decided to hold off on selling, I just can't do it!

 

Yeah, I understand, you spend so much time on it, it's hard to let it go; and these old EVO's are getting tough to find. If you decide to sell again, shoot me a PM. I may know someone interested, if he's still looking then.