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I recently had a charging system issue. Battery is usually connected to a battery tender nightly for a minimum of 9 hours.
One morning on my way to work, I rode about 4 miles to get gas. I restarted the moto with no problem, first crank she fired up. about 14 miles later I stalled out at the red light a rock throw from work. when i went to fire it back up, all i got was a click and bouncing tach.
Charged the battery all day, showed a good battery and rode home. on my way home the temp light stayed at a constant 'lo'. after a red light while under light acceleration she ran like shit. got home and found a busted radiator hose. after replacing said hose, no start. figured its a charging system issue and replaced the stator and regulator/rectifier. charged up battery for a good week while parts came in and did a 40 mile victory ride. half way through, stopped at a gas station and got a drink and chilled for about 10 minutes and she started right up after. rode home and put up.
rode it yesterday to and from work. no issues, no hiccups. left for work this morning, again, no issue. got to work and had to restart bike to move parking areas and she was dead. immediately pulled battery and tested it. came back bad. go figure, as i expected this with any charging system issue, its best to replace in 3's. Put a new battery in off the shelf that could have benefited from a fresh charge but figured that the 20 mile ride home would provide a fresh charge. got to the house and wanted to test it starting again but it didn't start. got pissed and thought about kicking it over in spite of anger lol. waited 5 minutes and boom, fired up. killed it, waited some more, started again. rode for 2 miles and tried to start it again and it wouldn't start. finally put the bitch in the garage and on the tender.
what in the god-forsaken **** is the issue I should look for? all three brand new components and still have the issue?
I recently had a charging system issue. Battery is usually connected to a battery tender nightly for a minimum of 9 hours.
One morning on my way to work, I rode about 4 miles to get gas. I restarted the moto with no problem, first crank she fired up. about 14 miles later I stalled out at the red light a rock throw from work. when i went to fire it back up, all i got was a click and bouncing tach.
Charged the battery all day, showed a good battery and rode home. on my way home the temp light stayed at a constant 'lo'. after a red light while under light acceleration she ran like shit. got home and found a busted radiator hose. after replacing said hose, no start. figured its a charging system issue and replaced the stator and regulator/rectifier. charged up battery for a good week while parts came in and did a 40 mile victory ride. half way through, stopped at a gas station and got a drink and chilled for about 10 minutes and she started right up after. rode home and put up.
rode it yesterday to and from work. no issues, no hiccups. left for work this morning, again, no issue. got to work and had to restart bike to move parking areas and she was dead. immediately pulled battery and tested it. came back bad. go figure, as i expected this with any charging system issue, its best to replace in 3's. Put a new battery in off the shelf that could have benefited from a fresh charge but figured that the 20 mile ride home would provide a fresh charge. got to the house and wanted to test it starting again but it didn't start. got pissed and thought about kicking it over in spite of anger lol. waited 5 minutes and boom, fired up. killed it, waited some more, started again. rode for 2 miles and tried to start it again and it wouldn't start. finally put the bitch in the garage and on the tender.
what in the god-forsaken **** is the issue I should look for? all three brand new components and still have the issue?