Battery Wouldn't Crank the bike this morning... Quick Charging Question.

[tkent02]

Let us know how it turns out.

[hjfisk]

check the system completely you my get lucky and just need a battery or a regulator. I does sound like you are not charging at all though. Go through the stator pages and diagnose from there. It would be a shame to spend the money on a new stator to find out you have a bad battery or regulator. Although I have known people to have a problem and just replace everything.and never realy know what was wrong.

[DPage]

Darin, I have about the same commute you have (30 miles roundtrip) and would hook up a float charger every night just because I thought that was standard procedure. (I do it even now because I think it makes the battery last longer, say 4-5 years). The bike and original battery ran fine for a year, until I took a long trip and ended up having to push-start the bike every morning. It turned out the Prior Owner had messed with the wiring so only two of the three yellow wires from the stator were connected. I had enough juice to light the plugs and run the headlight, but that's all. Did an 1,800 mile trip like this, and then hooked up the third yellow wire when I finally figured it out back home.

Buying a float charger is a good idea, because it tops up your battery every night while you're commuting. But it could mask a greater problem that you need to fix if you go on a long trip. On the plus side, if you get a float charger, you buy yourself more time to fix the problem while you figure out what the problem is. At least you can get to work and back, assuming your battery charges overnight.

[Darin Jordan]

check the system completely you my get lucky and just need a battery or a regulator. I does sound like you are not charging at all though. Go through the stator pages and diagnose from there. It would be a shame to spend the money on a new stator to find out you have a bad battery or regulator. Although I have known people to have a problem and just replace everything.and never realy know what was wrong.

I didn't have a chance to run through the diagnostics this weekend, but I did put the battery on a charger for about 6-hours @2.0A... Was at 9.7V but charged up to 12.76. I let it sit all day Saturday and then put it on the charger @1A to verify that it was fully charged and the charger kicked off within 5-minutes. Battery voltage was again around 12.76...

With that charged, I'll go through the tests this week and see what the rest of the system is doing.

Should I need a Stator and R/R... It appears that the Rick's Stators are pretty well regarded. Any other recommendations for a replacement Stator and R/R??