| I did a track day last week with a flat battery. I knew I was heading for trouble when I went to the garage that morning to load the bike up and found the Optimate red light was on. Usually it means the Optimate connections were not good rather than a battery problem.
Anyway, I take bike on a trailer to track days and when I got to Cadwell there was not enough charge to get the LCD panel working! I had taken a batteyr booster pack (12V car battery with some jump leads, very useful to have around) and I used that to start it. In between sessions I used the OPtimate having fixed the connection problem, but that didn't help much in the short time. I needed the booster pack to start for the first couple of sessions, but then the 20 minutes of track time provided enough charge to get started the next session. Only 1 start per session though without the booster, I couldn't have cut the engine in the holding area.
SO, I would say you might be OK f you do not ask it to run the start unaided too. Nip down to Halfords and buy a booster pack, they are not that expensive (car battery sort of price, about £40?), certainly not as bad as wasting a trackday. Hold that on the terminal when you start it and don't stop it in the holding area. Wait until the last call so you are not tempted to stop the engine while waiting. Could try and Optimate on a genny in between times to help out.  |