I got back from vacation a few weeks ago and while I was going down the road I noticed that the brake light indicator bulb(between the tach and speedo) would blink once and awhile and sometimes stay on and then just stayed on in the end
Going down the highway the bike hiccupped I took the next exit and it died checked the battery and it was down to 10.6v
Good Samaritan jumped it for me -got it to a mechanic who helped me install a new battery (it had a 2 yr old wet cell) at that point it was at 12.6v charging at 14A at 3000rpm seemed good to go in my small mind
A day later it died again battery at approx. 10.6v but if I left the headlight off I could continue on after getting it started again
Went home close to 1000 miles with no headlight (charged the battery every night just in case)
Now that I have completely bored you
when I turn the key on to start it the indicator bulb now flashes about as fast as a turn signal It doesn't appear to have any brakes light now either (bike will still run)
I have the battery charged back up to 12v plus (via a battery tender) but when I take the rpm s up to 3000 or more it doesn't bring the voltage up at the battery to charge it
A 1975 pamco set up and PMA rest is stock
Going down the highway the bike hiccupped I took the next exit and it died checked the battery and it was down to 10.6v
Good Samaritan jumped it for me -got it to a mechanic who helped me install a new battery (it had a 2 yr old wet cell) at that point it was at 12.6v charging at 14A at 3000rpm seemed good to go in my small mind
A day later it died again battery at approx. 10.6v but if I left the headlight off I could continue on after getting it started again
Went home close to 1000 miles with no headlight (charged the battery every night just in case)
Now that I have completely bored you
when I turn the key on to start it the indicator bulb now flashes about as fast as a turn signal It doesn't appear to have any brakes light now either (bike will still run)
I have the battery charged back up to 12v plus (via a battery tender) but when I take the rpm s up to 3000 or more it doesn't bring the voltage up at the battery to charge it
A 1975 pamco set up and PMA rest is stock