New Regulator Failing or maybe Stator?

[Guest]

Okay, for those of you that have been following my project,

i figured out my petcock has to have a manual prime (maybe),

but i got her running. sounds real nice overall. a noise in the top of the engine at high rpm which im going to let happen for now. nothing alarming though, but definitely sounds like something is amiss.

now i seem to have a problem with the battery dying. i got it running nice with some idle screw adjustments and i was practicing letting the clutch out and gliding into first (its my first bike and i havent ridden in over 5 years, and when i did it was brief). however, after a bunch of stalls my bike wouldnt start or honk anymore. obvious power failure. display lights going dim, etc.

but i just bought a new regulator/rectifier for the bike.
Is it definitely the stator? is there a simple way to test the stator/alternator wiithout taking the bike apart in a sense?

another issue is: i just replaced the rear master cylinder. the brake works but only after like 5-10 pumps. i'm thinking i didnt bleed it enough. sound right? the lines were at least half empty when i put it on since the old one had been sitting off the bike (not good for the longevity of the other parts i know)

[tom203]

Go here do the Quick Test- report all 6 results cuz they offer clues. (Note the start with fully charged battery request)

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?164993-Charging-System-QUICK-TEST/page2&p=1272192#post1272192

the battery doesn't have enough juice for repeated starts- bike needs to start and keep running for charging system to work.
And avoid high rpms till you discover what's wrong in top of engine.

[mrbill5491]

What type of RR did you get? Where did you get it.

[JerbGas]

What type of RR did you get? Where did you get it.

this is the one i got,
company was "mister electrical inc."

RR.jpg

[posplayr]

this is the one i got,
company was "mister electrical inc."

[ATTACH=CONFIG]42792[/ATTACH]

You obviously have not done any reading about GS electrical around here. Start with the links in the 2nd line of my signature.

[JerbGas]

So i took the bike out around the neighborhood for a spin. Rode around for about half an hour. I'm just getting back to riding after 6 years so I needed to brush up anyway.

Bike stayed fulled charged the whole time.
I think before i was having so many starting issues that we just drained the **** out of the battery.
So, my cheap out on a RR has yet to bite me in the ass. I knew full well i shouldnt have bought it. Did anyway.

[mrbill5491]

this is the one i got,
company was "mister electrical inc."

[ATTACH=CONFIG]42792[/ATTACH]

A $20 RR? yeah not good. You gotta read through posplayr's info.

[tom203]

A $20 RR? yeah not good. You gotta read through posplayr's info.

maybe he got lucky! I recall someone scooped a used SH-775 for about that price.