I have an 82 gs650g with about 7xxx miles on it.
It started a few days ago, I was riding home with a buddy and for the first time since I got the bike I was accelerated/revving hard. By hard I mean max maybe 7k rpm, and maxed out in 5th going about 60. We rode for about 20 minutes, reached school and went to class. Once class was over come back to the bike, hit the starter and pretty much nothing. Maybe one weak turn. Headlight/neutral indicator all worked. Popstarted the bike, rode home, and charged the battery.
Went riding again today. Bike started up like a champ, ran fine, no problems. About 15 minutes into the ride, I'm in first gear slowing down at a stoplight (going about 6-10 mph) and the bike stalls. I mean engine just dies no shudder or nothing just dies. I coast to a stop, at this point the headlight is still working. I hit the starter, maybe one weak cough. Turn the key off and on again - and none of the electrics work! No headlight, no neutral light nothing. I have no idea what to do at this point, try pop starting it and it doesn't work the way I normally do it (running alongside the bike then hop on). I have my buddy then push me as I'm sitting on a bike, when going slightly downhill we were finally able to get it going again.
Ok a little shaken I decide to turn around and go home. On the ride home, going about 40, see a red light and start slowing down. As I'm slowing down, going about 25 mph, the bike dies again! I coast to a stop. The headlight is still on, but this no matter what we do we can't popstart it. It tries but we can't get it going. Finally, we take the fuses out from headlight/turn signals so just the ignition, starter, and the main fuses were in. We try popstarting it and this time it works, success! The rest of the ride (maybe 10 minutes) was uneventful and I got home.
Now the battery is relatively new (maybe like 4 months). Our theory is that from the hard ride, revving really hard we fried the stator/ regulator rectifier.
Thoughts? Thanks in advance for any help! And sorry for the long post tried to be as thorough as possible.
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