Cold starting problem solved

[TwoDogs]

I'd been having trouble getting my 99 IS to start in anything under 40F. It would crank  but wouldn't fire. A couple of mornings I just gave up on it and drove the truck to work, and it would start in the afternoon after sitting in the sun all day. I had seen a post or two on here about similar problems being battery related, so last Saturday I wound up at WallyWorld getting a new battery. I was going to go get a genuine Yuasa from my dealer, but they were closed the entire Thanksgiving weekend.  I charged it until the maintainer said it was full, installed it and fired the bike up. WOW ! I just thought it was cranking before. If the old battery was cranking at 100 rpm it now must be 3 or 400.  This morning was the real test - it was 34F here. Choke on and it started within a second.   I had no idea it was supposed to turn so fast - it seemed like about the same speed my previous bike (a Suzuki C50) cranked, but it always started in the cold.

[Bone]

Last spring I was planing a couple of trips. Decided to change the 8 year old battery in my 98 Tourer. I went with the Yuasa having time to order on-line.
I had no problems with the battery it had served it's time. The new battery really cranked and the biggest surprise was it would start the bike almost instantly without the choke. I'm guessing the ignition was getting the volts it really needed.

[Tx Bohemian]

Had almost the same problem.  The next day after I bought this thing I worked on the driving lights and kept turning the key on and off to check the circiuts.  When I tried to start it, it would spin fast (seems like if I could put it in gear it would run down the road 30 mph just with the starter) but wouldn't start.

I asked here on this site what the problem might be and one member suggested the battery is low, I didn't believe it with the way it spun over but thought that is the cheapest thing to try so I pulled the battery and put it on charge for about 4 hours, put it back in and it fired right up!!

Guess the battery needs a full charge.