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Snackbar64
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 06:00 pm: | 
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The bike is at the dealership for this issue and it seems to be the voltage regulator. How likely is it that this is the problem? When I took the bike in I told them that the fuse kept blowing. I am wondering if they came to the conclusion of the voltage regulator being the problem prior to or after replacing the main fuse? I know that the bike is lifeless without it. But could the tech just be fishing by saying the bike wont start you VR is bad?
Any thoughts? |
Froggy
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 06:06 pm: |
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Voltage regulators can fail, and when they do often take out headlight bulbs and fuses.
Which fuse blew? |
Snackbar64
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 06:35 pm: |
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The main fuse near the battery. I can ride for a short while (a week, or month), but it will eventually blow requiring a replacement. |
Snackbar64
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 06:43 pm: |
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Also there are no other noticeable signs of VR failure. I would probably be happier with the VR being the problem than for it to be a short somewhere. Shorts can be like searching for a needle in a heystack. However, I am curious to know if the VR can be pin pointed as the culprit just by the main fuse blowing. |
Alex_mp
| | Posted on Monday, February 21, 2011 - 06:18 pm: |
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little late for the posting but I had the same problem in the same bike and it was the VR too. Basically, the main fuse goes in between the stator and the VR, then the VR has connected the battery and everything else goes from there. Therefore, the amount of current that the Main fuse controls is the current required to charge the battery, and have all the system up and running. It is very unlikely (unless is a big short circuit) that a small problem in the lights or even in the starter pops the main fuse but such problems are going to the VR regardless, which suffers along with the battery the peak of current.
In other bikes, the electric system is different and the VR is protected with a fuse before the battery and the fuse coming from the stator. I guess it can be implemented in our buells as well.
Not sure if our bikes have a soft spot there, but after the issue I got a spare VR just in case. |
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