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The water was low in the old battery. Would there be any cause for concern if all seems fine with the charger on the new battery I installed?

Well, it looks like it was the battery causing my issues. I took the battery to the Batteries Plus place today and it tested fine, but even after being on the charger all night it was only showing 12.5V. I decided to just go ahead and buy a new battery since they said I can return it within 14...

Will do. I'll take it to the battery place tomorrow for testing. Currently when I try to start it nothing at all happens and the meter just sits at about 12.5v.

Thanks. I'll check on that tomorrow as well.

I am actually shopping batteries online now just to see prices, but was told that the battery was fairly new when I bought the bike a few months ago. I have a charger that I leave it on and it seems to keep charge nicely. After everything was "dead" when trying the electric start earlier...

I'll start by saying that I'm new to the XS650 and motorcycles in general, but I'm doing my best to learn what's what. I thought I had things worked out and my 1976 XS650 running a few weeks ago, but now I'm having trouble with it again. I first thought it was the charging system, but today I...