New poster here, hoping someone can give me some pointers.
Recently bought a 83, all stock, missing starter button so I've been using kickstart only.
PO sold the bike to a dealership right before I contacted him, so I bought the bike from the dealership.
When I first went to buy the bike, it wouldn't hold a charge at all. The dealer kept the price and offered
to fix the charging problem. He replaced the rotor and battery. The bike started up no problem, all lights working. Everything seemed fine until after about 5 or 6 hours of riding, the bike died and wouldn't start up. Someone pulled over and helped me troubleshoot the bike, and found the battery voltage was at 9.
I had to get a tow home, bought a charger and voltage meter. I just put in the fully charged battery and the bike starts right up, stays at 12.1 idling but when i rev it the voltage doesnt go up at all, just stays at 12. Does anyone have any ideas based on the fact that theres a new rotor installed, and that i was able to ride for that long before it died at 9V? Guessing its either the stator, regulator, or a short somewhere. Going to follow the charging guide and try to determine the problem but some advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks!
Recently bought a 83, all stock, missing starter button so I've been using kickstart only.
PO sold the bike to a dealership right before I contacted him, so I bought the bike from the dealership.
When I first went to buy the bike, it wouldn't hold a charge at all. The dealer kept the price and offered
to fix the charging problem. He replaced the rotor and battery. The bike started up no problem, all lights working. Everything seemed fine until after about 5 or 6 hours of riding, the bike died and wouldn't start up. Someone pulled over and helped me troubleshoot the bike, and found the battery voltage was at 9.
I had to get a tow home, bought a charger and voltage meter. I just put in the fully charged battery and the bike starts right up, stays at 12.1 idling but when i rev it the voltage doesnt go up at all, just stays at 12. Does anyone have any ideas based on the fact that theres a new rotor installed, and that i was able to ride for that long before it died at 9V? Guessing its either the stator, regulator, or a short somewhere. Going to follow the charging guide and try to determine the problem but some advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks!