Russo69
XS650 Member
Hey guys, im new to this forum but have been working on my 650 chopper for a little over a year now. Everythings pretty much complete but ive run into this problem that i cant seem to figure out.
I have everything wired up using a TC bros chopper wiring harness kit. Im not using turn signals, or a horn just the basic components to get the bike running. headlights, tailights, ignition system, kick only. So my problem is that i can get the bike running and riding but maybe an hour or so into riding and ideling the bike will completely die on me and wont start again. troubleshooting this issue myself all signs are pointing towards the stator not fuctioning properlly. When I take a voltmeter to the battery itll read 12.8 volts, if i turn my keyswitch on the voltage will drop down to 12.5 and start decreasing slowly. Now heres the issue, i would start my bike up and try to check the voltage on the battery again but my voltmeter would go ballistic jumping around from 12v to 16v and bouncing from every number inbetween every second. It ended up frying my old voltmeter. Ive also had to replace the regulator/rectifier because the old on nearly exploded on me, it was leaking a fluid and had bubbled up on the backside. So i replaced that and now were here.
If anyone has any idea whats going on or what I can do to fix this issue that would be great. Thanks!
I have everything wired up using a TC bros chopper wiring harness kit. Im not using turn signals, or a horn just the basic components to get the bike running. headlights, tailights, ignition system, kick only. So my problem is that i can get the bike running and riding but maybe an hour or so into riding and ideling the bike will completely die on me and wont start again. troubleshooting this issue myself all signs are pointing towards the stator not fuctioning properlly. When I take a voltmeter to the battery itll read 12.8 volts, if i turn my keyswitch on the voltage will drop down to 12.5 and start decreasing slowly. Now heres the issue, i would start my bike up and try to check the voltage on the battery again but my voltmeter would go ballistic jumping around from 12v to 16v and bouncing from every number inbetween every second. It ended up frying my old voltmeter. Ive also had to replace the regulator/rectifier because the old on nearly exploded on me, it was leaking a fluid and had bubbled up on the backside. So i replaced that and now were here.
If anyone has any idea whats going on or what I can do to fix this issue that would be great. Thanks!