Starter doesn't connect

[grog]

Fair enough Phil, ill take your point.

[Jambo]

Thanks yall for the input, after much concideration I went for the easiest task suggested...

Try another battery.

I jumpstarted the bike with my car and it worked, not perfect, still not as quik as I expected.
Ordered a OEM Yuasa YTX14-bs, preped it and charged it.
Bike instantly started, at a speed I think should be, 1sec top!
Multimeter showed, while cranking, min 10.5v, charging 14.3v average. Standalone battery 12.8v.
I haven't riden it yet, but the idle sounds sweet, although she sounds a bit angry from the pipes...good for the jaywalking pedestrians, if you know what I mean!

Lesson learnt. Never trust a super smart charger. Although the new battery did end up perfectly charged, old battery was given an OK by the charger.

You might wanna move this to electrics

Cheers

[KiwiCol]

You can have 12.65v showing on a meter but the battery doesn't have the ability to start the bike anymore because it's stuffed. This happens with old batteries & ones that have been neglected & let get run too flat too often. Once or twice & you may get away with it, but keep doing that to a starting battery & you'll knacker it. 

[Irish in Oz]

The smart charger lights are only an indication of voltage, to test it properly you need a load tester which I think KiwiCol and Grog have.

[Irish in Oz]

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I jumpstarted the bike with my car and it worked, not perfect, still not as quik as I expected.
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Probably because the bike battery was pulling the car battery down.

[KiwiCol]

The smart charger lights are only an indication of voltage, to test it properly you need a load tester which I think KiwiCol and Grog have.

Correct, a digital one & a 500amp carbon pile one.  The digital get the most use as it's smaller and more readily accessible

[Irish in Oz]

I have an electrical test meter we call a Megger (brand name) for checking circuits. Like you Col I have digital and analogue types, my preference is the analogue, on departing Oz I took some test equipment with me but my son grabbed the analogue for himself and the more I use the digital it just isn't getting any better.
I looked at the carbon pile testers online about 60 quid over here, not bad value IMO.