Battery delete. Kick only. Custom harness rat bike. Pma and pamco.
Bike left me stranded after 500miles on new PMA and pamco from TC bros. No spark at all.
After troubleshooting i found the pamco plate to be “bad”
(I hooked up a spare pamco plate my buddy had) - bike had spark again
Very shortly after, the bike didn’t run anymore. Still had spark. But it would just pop and kick back hardddddd. Blew my ankle out.
It acted like the timing was wayyy offff. No matter where you positioned the plate, always the same effect.
TC bros sends new plate. I install.
(I unplug the red/green from the regulator/rectifier wire from my cap)
Hook up a battery instead
Bike fired up first kick.
I measured the voltage coming out of the rectifier, and it was pretty well between 15-20v for most of the time at idle.
I’m pretty sure that just cooked two ignition plates. One of them not even mine.
My question is, how do I tell if the rectifier is “bad” or if is something in the stator going to the rectifier?
As in. Did the rectifier just die on its own, or did the stator/charging system kill it?
Thanks
Bike left me stranded after 500miles on new PMA and pamco from TC bros. No spark at all.
After troubleshooting i found the pamco plate to be “bad”
(I hooked up a spare pamco plate my buddy had) - bike had spark again
Very shortly after, the bike didn’t run anymore. Still had spark. But it would just pop and kick back hardddddd. Blew my ankle out.
It acted like the timing was wayyy offff. No matter where you positioned the plate, always the same effect.
TC bros sends new plate. I install.
(I unplug the red/green from the regulator/rectifier wire from my cap)
Hook up a battery instead
Bike fired up first kick.
I measured the voltage coming out of the rectifier, and it was pretty well between 15-20v for most of the time at idle.
I’m pretty sure that just cooked two ignition plates. One of them not even mine.
My question is, how do I tell if the rectifier is “bad” or if is something in the stator going to the rectifier?
As in. Did the rectifier just die on its own, or did the stator/charging system kill it?
Thanks
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