With brushes removed, you effectively remove the alternator from the electrical system. A charged battery should run total loss for 200 miles if lights aren’t burning.
Do not order a new rotor! Send the bad one to @Jim for rewind. There’s also Custom Rewind in Alabama. The new rotors are junk right out of the box.The brainworms got the better of me. I sat up last night googling how to test various stuff on the charging system.
Up at 5:30 this morning & tested the rotor. Not good. 1 ohm between the 2 rings.
I checked that against the 2 bikes, plus spare engine that Chris has (all early model bikes, so boot compatible to my '80) & they all read between 4.5 & 5.5.
Looks like Marty was dead on the money & I'll be ordering a new rotor.
Agree with JP. Looks like the Wabash Canonball Bridge.Hmmm looks like the Wabash Canonball Bridge, but that's up in IN
Hmmm looks like the Wabash Canonball Bridge, but that's up in IN
Agree with JP. Looks like the Wabash Canonball Bridge.
A bridge.... in Brooklyn. It's yours, go claim it.A bridge... What do I win?
285 miles with no alternator. Just on the battery.Oh, so the rotor went south after all that?
My guess is that it crapped out somewhere within my first 100 miles after plugging in my phone cable at a gas station & the head & taillight, plus feed back to the charging system just killed the battery. I couldn't find fault with the reg/rec & the battery is taking & holding a charge. Brushes are still great too.Oh, so the rotor went south after all that?