JBMatthews82
XS650 Enthusiast
I have a new mikes xs charge RED with a new capacitor and an fairly new alternator that was installed by the previous owner. The issue is it was running at idle for a bit the other day when it decided to just cut off on its own. After 10 kicks I realized it wasn’t going to start. I walked away to tackle it another day. When I came back I brought a battery charger with me. I tried cranking without the charger first and nothing. Put the charger on in parallel with the capacitor and it fired first kick. However when I removed the charger it would cut off. Put the charger back on and it would fire back. Tonight I removed the capacitor wiring and tried checking the microfarads and my meter didn’t show anything. I decided to leave those wires disconnected and use the charger to crank the bike and see if it would continue running or not. Anyhow when I connected the charger without the capacitor and turned my key to ignition the coil started chattering. Connect the cap back in line and it stoped chattering. Fired it up with the charger and it still runs when I take the charger off. So I’m stumped. Please help