How do you stop the engine after a ride? I assume a switch of some sort. Perhaps the switch is dirty.
Leo
Leo
Your comment makes the most sense - ie capacitor rating insufficient for job.My best guess.....your cap is not rated for the draw and is overheating.
Get a bigger cap, or swap the HL bulb for the weaker one and try it.
Well the cap was pretty warm when I had the issue. Thing is I keep the cap and the reg/rec in a small oxygen bottle that I cut the top off. Not the best idea I guess but this bike has been flawless since my first run out with it but the headlight is the last thing I changed and being a mechanic by trade I should realize that it's part of the issue.
So... as far as caps go the sparxs I have has two hot leads and the ground and everything else I look at just has two. So that's confusing me. What size cap is sufficient?
Another thing that's confusing is why it will not start until I put a battery to it but if I immediately hook the cap back up its fine with the fucked uP cap. That just doesn't make sense to me.
I'm about to run the 35 watt lamp and see what happens.