Well it seems battery's are dying everywhere...
Stopped for gas a few miles from home and it barely turned over...but it did.
Started right up for lunch, but leaving the BBQ joint it would barely turn over. Had to push start it. Once it was running it ran fine. Would a low battery cause any issues once it's running? Kind of seemed a little anemic, but probably just me looking for more problems than there really are.
We'll see what happens this afternoon :)
Walmart batteries good enough for us Magna's? Maybe I should spring for the "Magna" battery at vatozone?
Yep ya needs a battery as you already know LoL. I have used the wally world batts a few times and never a had an issue with them..
Funny thing, push starting. I had to this morning. I got caught in the down pour in Plano yesterday and got home okay. Got up for work this morning and all the lights came on but no turn over when I pushed the button. I pushed it and it started right up with no problem, and after sitting all day in parking garage it started up with the button after work. I am guessing some water gathered someplace and finally evaporated during the day.
Now for the boots, they still have not dried out!!!!
Bob
I put a voltmeter across the battery after charging it on the bench overnight. It was at 12.5v, throttle up to 3-4k rpms and it might go up to like 12.55, but at idle was dropping down to 12.45, 12.42, ect....
Those #'s are low. I would check all the cable connections and make sure they are good and clean even if they look clean. I am sure you have done all this already but worth mentioning.
If all still the same I would replace battery.
Yeah I replaced it. Charged it overnight, we'll see what the numbers are tonight...
Should read around 14 volts at 3000. Just went through this with my 2000. Turns out the regulator/rectifier was bad. Seems to be fairly common. By the way if you do replace the r/r, go with OEM (around $200). I did a lot of research on various forums and the aftermarket ones seem to be bad news.
New battery in, it still isn't reading 14v, gets up to about 13 is all. Call it the placebo effect, but indicator lights look brighter, and it seems to be running smoother...
I'll run it, if it dies again I'll check out the regulator.
My bike would go about a month (short weekend rides) before it would finally not start. And of course it was always on the farthest point never at home. And invariable it was always flat country. :D
I assure you 12-13 volts is not enough to keep it charged and you probably have a bad rectifier. Do you use a battery tender? If so you watch how long it takes to fully charge after a ride. Should only take a few minutes.
If you are planning any long trips I would have it check at the dealer before I took off.
I see two parts, the Rectifier, Regulate (31600-MZ5-003) for $142, and then another Rectifier, Silicon (31700-196-000) for $14.96.
Need both parts ya think?
Can the dealer test this off the bike, or can I test it with a multimeter?
You can test it on the bike. You need the service manual and it is covered in Chapter 15. All I had replaced was the regulatro/rectifier. The dealer can test it for you also.