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broken griso battery leads, need advice

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guzzi jon

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I need some advice on battery terminals. I was out riding my Griso 1100, then the service light came on, I shut it off to see if it would clear, but the bike would not start. I pulled the seat and found both the positive and negative terminals had broken at the 90 degree bend coming off the battery. I bent up the stubs and tried to hook up what was left of the battery leads, but not enough length. As the leads seem to short to cut them off and crimp on new terminals, if any are available, any suggestions on how to proceed? Do I need to grind off the originals and replace them with what? I ended up pushing the bike about 1 mile, man, that is hard on an old man....
Any input is appreciated

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Hi guzzi jon,
How on earth did that happen? I reckon a visit to any auto electrician should be able to make you up a pair of custom leads to fit,
PS: dont push the bike there , remove the leads and take them instead :lol:
Cheers Kevin
 
Jon, seems odd that both broke at the same time, and that if they are prone to breaking also odd that I know of no other reports of same. Got to wonder if battery/leads were somehow mounted/placed/routed improperly. Were you in there for some reason fairly recently? Or perhaps your aftermarket replacement battery has the pos/neg leads reversed compared to stock, requiring the cables to be stretched? The latter is not uncommon with aftermarket battereies sometimes used in Tontis, if you don't know to specify..
 
Hi Bob,
I replaced the battery a couple of years ago and noticed that the negative terminal had a very small cross section at the 90 degree bend and expected it to fail eventually. I suspect my wheelying yesterday shocked or moved the battery enough to break the leads. On my Griso, the thickness at the bend was very minimal, and doomed from the factory, I just waited for it to fail. I always assumed I could fix it on the road, but the leads are too short.... Looking at the failed pieces, it appears that the sheetmetal brake they bent the parts on had too sharp of radius and cut deaply into the soft metal, just bad workmanship. I would be suspect of other Griso's from this batch, but it's not a big deal.
Jon
 
In the photo the clamp to hold the battery in place is missing. I hope that's 'coz you were in there doing the repair & you haven't been doing wheelies with an unsecured battery?
 
Wow Guzzi Jon! that's some bad ju-ju on those leads and sorry to see it. I had a something similar but not as bad happen. My leads did not break off like yours however when I was installing a new battery (lithium), due to it's smaller stature I had to ever-so-slightly straighten out the negative lead and in doing so heard a small "crack". It's a hairline fracture and did not snap apart entirely but it was one of those Oh-crap moments. Needless to say, I left it alone and did not try to re-adjust it as doing so would have surely broke it in two. That said, it has been holding up now after 2K miles but I am always fearful for when it meets its maker. I'm thinking I could just go out and get some new "O" type leads and crimp them on to the wires but not sure...anyone have thoughts or suggestions?
 
Will said:
In the photo the clamp to hold the battery in place is missing. I hope that's 'coz you were in there doing the repair & you haven't been doing wheelies with an unsecured battery?
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My thoughts exactly. But that was before I heard about the wheelies.
 
DangWangi said:
Wow Guzzi Jon! that's some bad ju-ju on those leads and sorry to see it. I had a something similar but not as bad happen. My leads did not break off like yours however when I was installing a new battery (lithium), due to it's smaller stature I had to ever-so-slightly straighten out the negative lead and in doing so heard a small "crack". It's a hairline fracture and did not snap apart entirely but it was one of those Oh-crap moments. Needless to say, I left it alone and did not try to re-adjust it as doing so would have surely broke it in two. That said, it has been holding up now after 2K miles but I am always fearful for when it meets its maker. I'm thinking I could just go out and get some new "O" type leads and crimp them on to the wires but not sure...anyone have thoughts or suggestions?
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Make the repair. It will probably fail at the most inopportune time if you don't.
 
I picked up a set of cables for my 1200 Sport off a wrecked bike on ebay. I think I paid something like $5 for the pair.

At the time I was having trouble with corrosion on the battery terminals but later switched to a lithium battery, no more corrosion and the replacement cables are still hanging on my wall.
 
I had the same thing happen to me when I had a griso 1100
 
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