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Always going on safety when installing the battery soon start to the season, the first biker unpack their machines and make them quickly for the new season. But just the replacement or recharging the battery carries risks. So here are a few tips, so that it is faster and safer. The expansion is to note that the ignition is switched off, otherwise there’s evil power ” surprises.” It is true: safety’s going on! Afterwards, the battery compartment can be opened safely. This is protected under the bench or by a lid in a side compartment.

You can quickly find out but that about the operating instructions. The next step is the screws off of the pole: here, you start with the negative, then it decreases the positive pole. Caution: when installing it is just vice versa here is only plus, minus. If there is a backup tape, take this off and remove the battery. Batteries get dirty very quickly, but that is no problem. The housing can be cleaned under warm running water. Circumstances, you need a washing-up brush or a sponge to get off the dirt. You can clean the pole connectors well with soft towels.

If the pollution is too large, you should be a brass brush to take. The pole terminals must be clean to ensure a line of the current. Then dry off and connect it to the charger: first the positive and then the negative terminal in disconnect again the other way around, first negative, then plus. The battery should be charged with less voltage and needs about five to ten hours depending on the charger and battery. After the battery has charged, the battery remove and let rest 30 minutes before to build up them again in the motorcycle. Before the installation is also to check whether the battery in the bike stands on a rubber mat and that the cable connections are all intact. It is also beneficial if you note: the date of the charge. All enforced, goodbye to winter and spring come! Marie of precious

Auto.de tests VW Golf GTD the golf family of Volkswagen is unceasingly growing. After Golf plus GTI and variant is the latest offshoot of the family at the dealers for sale now: the GTD. With 170 Horsepower, six-speed double-clutch transmission and a fuel consumption of 5.3 l is the economical driving fun the way promises at least the manufacturer. Germany’s big car Portal auto.de wanted it exactly know and has tested the spar athletes. Although the youngest member of the VW with less power than his brother, petrol in the spirit must come from the GTI, he offers plenty of fun for a diesel. The GTD from zero to one hundred Sprint in 8.1 seconds, top speed is located at 222 kilometres per hour. It was immediately clear that this is no ordinary golf the testers of the car magazine of the portal. The chrome strips in the front grille, the vertically arranged fog lights, the rear diffuser and the darkened tail lights show that they are not ready-made.

Also the Interior is sports: sports seats,. Aluminum, three-spoke sport steering wheel and aluminium pedals. But thus it has also been unfortunately. Because the sound of the engine can not deliver what the bare data. The athletes for the ears of the tester behaved too quiet in the city. At least on the highway at full speed, the 170 HP want to be heard, at least a bit. For wind and bad road noise behaves exemplary.