Hello,
So I have a 75xs and have been working on everything myself with the help of friends and this website. So I replaced all my cables,new handlebars,rebuilt both carbs, fuel filters,adjusted the mix screw, put on a double throttle cable housing, put in 2 toggle switches on the headlight, one for the kill switch & one for the lights, another toggle is going on the head light for brights. I changed the oils twice using Valvoline Clutch Oil, this is really good stuff I can already feel the difference in the shifting. I took her out for a test ride today, it was pretty exciting . I rode all over town for about an hour stopped a friends house for a while came back out started up on the first kick. Then went home for a bit came out started right up rode down the street and she died right there at the end of the street. After several kicks I realized that I wasn't getting power from the battery........its dead. I got about 1 hour and 45minutes of riding in which i'm pretty happy with..........but I do have some sort of problem with my machine.
So I have been researching and reading that it could be a dead battery,alternator is bad, electrical problem, rotor brushes are bad, any simple test I can do to narrow down what my problem could be? I need to get it back to my friends garage I'm hoping I can charge the battery start her up and get it back to the garage so I can investigate the problem
So I have a 75xs and have been working on everything myself with the help of friends and this website. So I replaced all my cables,new handlebars,rebuilt both carbs, fuel filters,adjusted the mix screw, put on a double throttle cable housing, put in 2 toggle switches on the headlight, one for the kill switch & one for the lights, another toggle is going on the head light for brights. I changed the oils twice using Valvoline Clutch Oil, this is really good stuff I can already feel the difference in the shifting. I took her out for a test ride today, it was pretty exciting . I rode all over town for about an hour stopped a friends house for a while came back out started up on the first kick. Then went home for a bit came out started right up rode down the street and she died right there at the end of the street. After several kicks I realized that I wasn't getting power from the battery........its dead. I got about 1 hour and 45minutes of riding in which i'm pretty happy with..........but I do have some sort of problem with my machine.
So I have been researching and reading that it could be a dead battery,alternator is bad, electrical problem, rotor brushes are bad, any simple test I can do to narrow down what my problem could be? I need to get it back to my friends garage I'm hoping I can charge the battery start her up and get it back to the garage so I can investigate the problem