A couple of years ago I had a problem with the bike not charging... this was at about 120,000 miles. I chased it, with friends, for a week, thinking it was the regulator, probably... I checked the stator but the resistance numbers are so small that I didn't have a multimeter that would give me an accurate result.
So this time I'm waking up the bike after winter in the UK, hard to start, quelle surprise, got it going eventually with a battery-booster. Took it up the road, check engine light and ABS lights come on. From experience, this is what happens when the battery doesn't have enough juice to run the bike, just before everything shuts down.
Had to push it back, check DIAG codes - code 19 - clutch or sidestand switch. That's all. Bought a new battery (this one is nearly 4 years old), charged overnight, today fired up ok but does not appear to be charging. Voltage does not increase with revs. Code 46 popped up too (charging problem duh). This is checking at the battery, but instructions to check the regulator say voltage should be checked at the connector, so I'll do that soon, but probably no difference between checking at the regulator and checking at the battery?
Checked the stator with the multimeter - same problem as before really, don't have an accurate enough multimeter for a proper test.
Cleaned some contacts, and thought the easiest way to check the stator was to just look at it - last time it was badly burned and obviously shot. Not this time, looks OK.
I'll continue checking some things, and hopefully someone with come up with a better idea meanwhile!
So this time I'm waking up the bike after winter in the UK, hard to start, quelle surprise, got it going eventually with a battery-booster. Took it up the road, check engine light and ABS lights come on. From experience, this is what happens when the battery doesn't have enough juice to run the bike, just before everything shuts down.
Had to push it back, check DIAG codes - code 19 - clutch or sidestand switch. That's all. Bought a new battery (this one is nearly 4 years old), charged overnight, today fired up ok but does not appear to be charging. Voltage does not increase with revs. Code 46 popped up too (charging problem duh). This is checking at the battery, but instructions to check the regulator say voltage should be checked at the connector, so I'll do that soon, but probably no difference between checking at the regulator and checking at the battery?
Checked the stator with the multimeter - same problem as before really, don't have an accurate enough multimeter for a proper test.
Cleaned some contacts, and thought the easiest way to check the stator was to just look at it - last time it was badly burned and obviously shot. Not this time, looks OK.
I'll continue checking some things, and hopefully someone with come up with a better idea meanwhile!
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