Hello this here is my bike
Now to get to the point. Bike doesn't hold the charge after charging it. I charge the bike, great, it works fine charges hold. When I turn it off, bam! Doesn't wanna turn back on right after I switch it off. The voltage slowly starts going down to 11.5. I don't know really how the charging system works I'm just testing all major components. I don't know wether I need to literally take out for a spin for it to charge because it reaches 14.4 volts so maybe I thought riding it will charge it. Here are my tests.
I checked the battery voltage it was a 11.5 turned off. I try to turn it on nothing. This time I charge it, it turns on the bike and holds charge at 12.8 idle and 3-5k rpm it shoots up to 14.4. To me this looks good. I check my rotor and use the two leads on the copper slips and reads 4.5 ohms. So that's check off right?
Next, I check my stator, continuity seem good and readings are consistent using the connector. I check the brushes and they look good to with visible slit as people tend to look for that detail.
NOW the Regulator/Rectifier. So this took me a while to figure it out because I didn't know whether I was testing it right. "0L" read for all my tests. I switched my leads and everything. I assume this is my problem because from looking at my tests it showed no readings.
What else should I check in the mean time while my R/R comes in?
Now to get to the point. Bike doesn't hold the charge after charging it. I charge the bike, great, it works fine charges hold. When I turn it off, bam! Doesn't wanna turn back on right after I switch it off. The voltage slowly starts going down to 11.5. I don't know really how the charging system works I'm just testing all major components. I don't know wether I need to literally take out for a spin for it to charge because it reaches 14.4 volts so maybe I thought riding it will charge it. Here are my tests.
I checked the battery voltage it was a 11.5 turned off. I try to turn it on nothing. This time I charge it, it turns on the bike and holds charge at 12.8 idle and 3-5k rpm it shoots up to 14.4. To me this looks good. I check my rotor and use the two leads on the copper slips and reads 4.5 ohms. So that's check off right?
Next, I check my stator, continuity seem good and readings are consistent using the connector. I check the brushes and they look good to with visible slit as people tend to look for that detail.
NOW the Regulator/Rectifier. So this took me a while to figure it out because I didn't know whether I was testing it right. "0L" read for all my tests. I switched my leads and everything. I assume this is my problem because from looking at my tests it showed no readings.
What else should I check in the mean time while my R/R comes in?
