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Tloewen86
| | Posted on Thursday, August 07, 2014 - 02:04 am: | 
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Long time rider first time poster, anyways here's the deal. Cruisin on the highway today around 70mph all is well. Stop at a light to turn and tach is running 4000. Don't sound like 4000 so try and give it a little gas to straighten it out (with the clutch in) and engine starts dying. Light goes green accel to 60mph with minimal sputter. When my turn came up off the highway put the clutch in and tach back at 4000. Turn bike off when reached my destination in 2 minutes, and tired to start it again in 20, and Zero voltage to be had. Key was on and no headlight or dash lights nothing. Alternator gone? Bad ignition connection? Traced wires from alt to batt i think and looked good. Help!} |
Gabby_duck
| | Posted on Thursday, August 07, 2014 - 06:24 pm: |
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start with battery health{take to batteries plus for test}Check battery conections and grounds check fuses. |
Akbuell
| | Posted on Thursday, August 07, 2014 - 08:33 pm: |
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Gabby duck will get you started. Unfortunately, with situations like this there is no quick solution, just methodical working through to a solution.
Once you are sure the battery is good and the connections are good, start the bike and check voltage across the battery terminals. Should see something in the 13.5-14V range at 2k RPM. If not, then the problem is voltage regulator, stator, connector . . .
Just have to start and check things, one at a time.
If the bike won't start after the battery is serviced and the cable connections are good, then start looking at relays, ign switch, fuses, ect.
Hope this helps, Dave |
Bluzm2
| | Posted on Friday, August 08, 2014 - 01:20 pm: |
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First, you should post this in the "Old School" S2 section. That's where us S2 heads hang out.
Check the circuit breakers behind the battery. They are famous for failing in weird ways. If they are original, they should be replaced anyway. You can pick them up at most decent auto stores.
Get the bugger started with a different battery and measure the output of the stator, it should be around 60VAC or so.
If that's good and you don't get anything at the battery, it's probably the regulator.
Brad |
Tloewen86
| | Posted on Friday, August 08, 2014 - 05:35 pm: |
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Thanks for the help guys. Ill also check out that old school section. |
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