Amanda Hargis wrote:
> Have something from the bar, on my tab. I'll have a margarita
> or two, I think.
>
> By 2pm today, the day was as warm as it was going to get (39F),
> the sun was shining, and I had an itch to ride. But my bike wouldn't
> start. It gave that unhappy click-click-click that means my voltage
> regulator came unplugged again (yes, I have the part to hold it on,
> just been too lazy to install it). But, the plug looked just fine!
>
> I was confused, but shrugged, jumped the bike to start it, and got
> onto the road, thinking as I went about which would be a good route.
> At the first turn I had to make, I put the blinker on, but the
> blinker light didn't come on. Hmmmm, not good. I tried the other
> blinker, and the horn. No dice. But I could see my headlight
> reflected in the chrome on the car ahead of me, so that was okay.
>
> The lightbulb came on over my head (not in my blinker housing, though)
> and I realized that my battery wasn't getting recharged. Since I
> know very little about electricity, and my brother knows a lot, and
> I was heading in his general direction anyway, I figured I'd see if
> he was home and could help me out.
>
> I barely made it there. The bike died at one stopsign, but I managed
> to get it started again by rolling through the sign and popping
> the clutch. It died in my brother's driveway, and it was dead-dead.
>
> Between my knowledge of the parts on the bike, and his knowledge of
> electricity, we kind of sort of concluded that the voltage regulator
> wasn't charging. When we traced the wire that comes from there, and
> put the meter onto the end of it, it registered nothing.
>
> Is there something else I should look for, just in case?
>
> It's a '92 FXLR.
>
> Amanda AH100 BS119
>
> "Tell the truth, explain to me how you got this need for speed."
> She laughed and said, "It might just be the next best thing to love."
> -d. wilcox
Unplug the stator and use an ohm-meter to check the stator for ground and
continuity.
Should be infinite resistance (no connection) between either post of the
stator and the ground,
and the two terminals should have some conductivity to each other.
then flip the meter over to AC volts, connect one lead to each post, jump
start the bike and
run the engine up to 3000 rpm, should say 50 to 60 volts AC.
If not, the stator is broken or fried.
If the stator is OK, and the regulator has less than one ohm resistance
between itself and the
negative battery terminal, then replace the regulator.
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HogDr SENS BS#123
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