Biking blues...

[Lindsey]

Well, I finally got around to putting plates on the Ninja. I was really really excited about it. People have been riding around for a couple months now and I've been feeling some jealousy! So today I got to my grandma's house, where it was stored for the winter. I opened the garage door and took it outside to start it up. Nothing. Not only would it not start, none of the lights or anything even came on. Dead battery So then we went about taking all the plastic off and pulling the tank off to get to the battery. We boosted it and it started but stopped as soon as the cables were gone. We put it on a charger, and an hour later it was still dead. So now it's time for me to drop another $150 on a battery.
I'm blaming my dad for this one. Every sportbike owner I know had told me to take the battery out and keep it inside during the winter, because if it freezes in the unheated garage it would be toast. My dad said that's bs and it should be fine! He said it was too much work to take the tank off, and why would they build them like that if you were supposed to take the battery out? This fall I'll know better!
Anyways, so this is a pretty disappointing day for me. I know lots of people are probably like "It's just a bike, it's just another week without riding" but we only get like 4 or 5 months of good riding weather up here so every day counts lol. I have missed it terribly over the winter!