bike gets hot and wont run. please help

[everyday12s]

ok guys so im ready to burn this f***er down!!!!! so i just replaced my pamco ignitoin cause my other one crapped out. ran the bike for about 20 min ran like a top. then it just crapped out. wouldnt idle adjusted the timing nothin did a thing. so let it sit for a day went out this mornin started on the first kick. ran 100 % for about 20 min then crapped out. thought it might have been a bad coil.. nope put two new ones on it same thing... WTF

 

[5twins]

Sounds electrical. Are you charging? These bikes won't run right when the battery gets low and not at all once it gets too low.

 

[everyday12s]

i have a permanent magnet set up from a ninja 250 so it runs with no batt. but yes it is charging.

 

[twinsarehot]

mmmm, gas (tank, line, filter, carbs)? Are your running headlights/taillights?

 

[mrriggs]

When you say you ran the bike for 20 minutes, do you mean you rode it for 20 minutes or it just sat in the driveway running for 20 minutes?

 

[XSLeo]

Are you over charging? To high a voltage can cause trouble with the ignition. I have heard that if the P/M charging systems can hit 20 + volt spikes. 14.5 is what your max voltage should be.

 

[everyday12s]

so after two days of bullshit it turns out it was the battery.. wtf?? lol my charging system was workin fine my batt was just naot takin or holding a charge.. its weird but i put a new batt in it and its been runnin fine.. cant beleive that a bad batt had me stumped. i feel like an idiot.. hahaha

 

[rocker ron]

Checkout the thread from voodoo above...that's what was happening to my bike.

 

[Travis]

^ what are you talking about?

EDIT: oh this thread http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3707

Are you telling everyday12s about this thread to help him with his dead battery or are you asking a question? I'm still confused.

 

[rocker ron]

Sorry, the thread about: New Reg/Rec, Stator, and Rotor... Now What!!! No problems now thanks to Dave at Voodoo Vintage.

 

[XSLeo]

I think that the fix for the thread rocker ron is talking about was a bad magnet on the rotor, not a bad battery.
Yes the battery has to be good to run the bike. The bike has a feild excited alternator. this alternator needs a good battery to supply the voltage needed to excite the alternator. With out the good battery to excite the alternator the battery won't charge up to a high enough voltage to supply the rest of the bikes electrical system.