| Author | Message | ||
     Jornum1 |
I know this sounds like a strange question, but let me explain. My stator died, I ordered another one from the dealership. Took 5 days, and they ordered the wrong part. Should have known when it was a lot more expensive on American Sport Bike. Should have ordered it from them, I know! Anyway, they ordered the right part now, but I need to wait obviously. I have a track day coming up on the 5th. I just replaced a bad rocker box gasket, and did the hidden caliper mod on the bike. I really need to make sure these are fixed as well as do some more datalogging before I hit the track. I will not have time next weekend, as I am going away. My question is, can I run the bike for short periods of time without the stator? Say twenty minutes at a time to datalog? Are there many risks to this? | ||
| Froggy |
You can do it, in fact the guy that makes the speedcell battery has a race bike without a stator to reduce rotating mass. He has a quick connect system on his batteries and swaps them in between sessions and throws the old one on a charger. Can the XB last that long on a stock lead battery? Hard to say. | ||
| Nillaice |
when your instrument cluster dies, you are barely have enough juice left to keep sparking those plugs; maybe a mile or so at highway speeds/RPMs meanwhile, everyone else will notice your headlights are dimming, but you won't until you coast to a stop and dismount .... well, i didn't. | ||
| Jornum1 |
Hmm interesting. I might have to try it. My battery is good, and I would only be out for 15-20 at a time. I also have HID's, I put a switch on them, so I can just keep the head lights off. That will decrease the drain. I will let you know how it works out. | ||
| Froggy |
Pull the tail light fuse too, minimize your consumption. Also, before going nuts, are you sure your stator is dead? Usually its just a bad "77" connector that gives the symptoms of a bad stator. | ||
| Sloppy |
Remember that the battery capacity would have to run your pump, injectors, sensors and ECM. And they are looking for a specific voltage range as well! Do this - run the bike and take a current reading from the battery. Divide the Amp-Hour of the battery (maybe 1.2 AH for an MC battery?) by the current reading. Then you will get a rough time of how long you will be able to run with only your battery. Warning - deep cycling of batteries is a quick way to shorten their life... unless you can get a deep cycle battery? | ||
| Jornum1 |
Thanks guys, Yeah I have been down the diagnosis road. The stator is already out, the two coils near the wires were all burnt up. | ||
| Sloppy |
What kind of primary oil are you running? |
