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So, got this bike a few weeks ago as my first bike. Always wanted a bike and this was a great deal. 83 GS750T.
It will start up and run and I can take it down the road and back and let it idle and keep on the throttle slightly to keep it running but eventually, it will die or I'll just shut it off and I'll try to start it again but it acts like the battery is dead. Dim headlight/neutral light, starter barely turning, etc... From here, I have to jump it. If the bike is running at idle and I have a multimeter connected to the battery, I can watch the voltage slowly drop. If I give it some gas and rev it a little the voltage picks up but as soon as I stop revving it drops back down to where it was before the revving and continues to slowly drop. If I leave it sit for a while without jumping it, 20 minutes or so, I can walk right up to it, put the key in and start it right back up without jumping. I've kept the multimeter connected and have watched the voltage go back up as it sits. Feel like something is just drawing a ton of power from the battery for some reason or there's a loose wire I'm missing. I've checked most of the connections and wires and they seem to be connected and okay for the most part, cleaned grounds off and made sure they have good contact, have a brand new battery, brand new starter solenoid, and brand new R/R. Wish I would have found this forum sooner, probably would have saved me a lot of time, now I'm just trying to get some/any more input.
Any info is much appreciated.
Thanks
It will start up and run and I can take it down the road and back and let it idle and keep on the throttle slightly to keep it running but eventually, it will die or I'll just shut it off and I'll try to start it again but it acts like the battery is dead. Dim headlight/neutral light, starter barely turning, etc... From here, I have to jump it. If the bike is running at idle and I have a multimeter connected to the battery, I can watch the voltage slowly drop. If I give it some gas and rev it a little the voltage picks up but as soon as I stop revving it drops back down to where it was before the revving and continues to slowly drop. If I leave it sit for a while without jumping it, 20 minutes or so, I can walk right up to it, put the key in and start it right back up without jumping. I've kept the multimeter connected and have watched the voltage go back up as it sits. Feel like something is just drawing a ton of power from the battery for some reason or there's a loose wire I'm missing. I've checked most of the connections and wires and they seem to be connected and okay for the most part, cleaned grounds off and made sure they have good contact, have a brand new battery, brand new starter solenoid, and brand new R/R. Wish I would have found this forum sooner, probably would have saved me a lot of time, now I'm just trying to get some/any more input.
Any info is much appreciated.
Thanks
kidding..sort of, There are some fairly simple tests you can to determine that your charging system is working properly. .png)
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