BarryG Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 '98 XX...always on battery tender when parked at home. Always shows green. Battery is at least 3yrs old (when I got the bike). Battery shows 12.9 DCV when parked/off. About 12.5 on at idle. Keeping steady at 4K or higher rpm.....I get maybe 12.8 and then it goes down...don't get over 13 DCV at anytime. In July '08, I replaced RR with this one: http://www.electrosport.com/street-bikes/h...super-duty.html when stocker went bad. Can I assume this one has done the same? Last weekend, the bike wouldn't kick over after riding it 25 miles. It's been on the charger ever since....it did start today when I did this test...but not easily. Yeah I know there's that chart to check everything but I'm a tech idiot.....so figured I'd try and get a quick answer first. Thanks for any replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman_40 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Quick answer is follow the chart to narrow it down. If your battery is old it could just be it and the other rectifier may just limit voltage output to 13V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 What I really want to do in this thread is just babble some BS, completely cut you down and belittle you tell you you're a total useless human being....obviously a total retard because you can't add 2+2 or realize that your RR is dead, besides the fact you can't use a voltmeter. All this completely unprovoked by you of course. BUT....I'm not a total useless tool such as yourself and I'm not going to do that. I'll just simply pass over this thread...pretend it and you don't even exist. Why...because you're very small person and an even smaller man. Been waiting to do that for about 2 years. Over, done, carry on with your issue(s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partsman Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Which also leaves the stator,I forget what to check and am too lazy to get the manual,but if its not charging-same problem. And batteries don't care how old they are,they are not bread,they don't get moldy.I keep seeing this crap about replacing batteries because they are 5 years old,so I checked with the techs at work,as long as it charges up,holds a charge,loads tests good,load tests again good-its good! I have a 12 year old ytx9bs Yuasa battery in my hardly used CBR600,sometimes it goes 4-6 months without a charge,all winter it gets a charge every 3 weeks on a atender (3 batteries,rotate once a week)I just load tested in November,220 cca,12.7 volts way above normal for cca and it did not just come off the charger.It fires the bike up every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryG Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 What I really want to do in this thread is just babble some BS, completely cut you down and belittle you tell you you're a total useless human being....obviously a total retard because you can't add 2+2 or realize that your RR is dead, besides the fact you can't use a voltmeter. All this completely unprovoked by you of course. BUT....I'm not a total useless tool such as yourself and I'm not going to do that. I'll just simply pass over this thread...pretend it and you don't even exist. Why...because you're very small person and an even smaller man. Been waiting to do that for about 2 years. Over, done, carry on with your issue(s). Just reading this post made me horny. Wait minute...Dave is ONLINE??? Who'd have thunk it? Which also leaves the stator,I forget what to check and am too lazy to get the manual,but if its not charging-same problem. And batteries don't care how old they are,they are not bread,they don't get moldy.I keep seeing this crap about replacing batteries because they are 5 years old,so I checked with the techs at work,as long as it charges up,holds a charge,loads tests good,load tests again good-its good! I have a 12 year old ytx9bs Yuasa battery in my hardly used CBR600,sometimes it goes 4-6 months without a charge,all winter it gets a charge every 3 weeks on a atender (3 batteries,rotate once a week)I just load tested in November,220 cca,12.7 volts way above normal for cca and it did not just come off the charger.It fires the bike up every time. I thought if the battery always shows green on the charger and puts out 12.9 DCV at rest then it can be ruled out? I just remember last time the RR went bad the same symptoms were present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Knievel Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 http://www.cbr1100xx.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=33318 If you have a voltmeter and it's not jumping between 13.5 and 15.5 when the bike's running, something's not right. Your RR is either bad or your stator...or both (presuming your voltmeter has a good connection...I get flumuxed on a trip when my voltmeter was reading badly and it was all because of a loose wire). You have to just check the different terminals leading to the RR when the bike is off and when it's idling to see if the stator is good or not. If it is, your RR is bad. If your stator is bad, you gotta change it to see if the RR is okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testrider Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I'm pretty sure it's the R/R. I had the same problem a while ago. I have a Datel voltmeter on my dash watching the voltage when I was riding and it went down to 12V then went back up to 14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANKSXXX Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 You really need to perform the tests in the given order to isolate your problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Knievel Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 You really need to perform the tests in the given order to isolate your problem... +1 When all is well, a voltmeter will let you know something's not right. When you don't know what's acting up, you gotta follow the steps to troubleshoot the whole system. It's a bit of a pain, but it's the only way to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partsman Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Sometimes a battery will charge up,read past 13v right off the charger and do nothing as soon as you install and turn the key,instant death,not holding a charge.Been there with the voltmeter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryG Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 I got the flow chart so I'll just perform those steps listed there.....pain in the freakin' arse. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Knievel Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I got the flow chart so I'll just perform those steps listed there.....pain in the freakin' arse. Many others have been there. We sympathize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon haney Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I'm going to be the oddball and say the stator is bad, but only because you replaced the R/R already with a better unit. How many miles since the replacement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryG Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 I'm going to be the oddball and say the stator is bad, but only because you replaced the R/R already with a better unit. How many miles since the replacement? about 10K miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Knievel Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I'm going to be the oddball and say the stator is bad, but only because you replaced the R/R already with a better unit. How many miles since the replacement? about 10K miles If you put 10K on a R/R with a bad stator...check your R/R as well....just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon haney Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I'm going to be the oddball and say the stator is bad, but only because you replaced the R/R already with a better unit. How many miles since the replacement? about 10K miles If you put 10K on a R/R with a bad stator...check your R/R as well....just in case. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbrxxquad Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I gotta tell something that I did one time, I had a non charging, stator, and had little if any magnetism, and hit it with a hammer, and it began working. sometimes the poles of a magnet get out of phase, and need realigning. now that aught to get a reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobicus Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I got the flow chart so I'll just perform those steps listed there.....pain in the freakin' arse. Thanks. http://www.cbr1100xx.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=53455 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryG Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 well went through the chart. Got to the part where I had to disconnect some of the wires from the RR connector. Couldn't figure how the fuck to get them loose......and was on the verge of breaking it. So said fuck it and took it my mechanic. He barely charged me to look at it. After diag, said my aftermarket RR quit. Replaced it with a new one from Rick's I think. Bike charges like a champ now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Knievel Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 well went through the chart. Got to the part where I had to disconnect some of the wires from the RR connector. Couldn't figure how the fuck to get them loose......and was on the verge of breaking it. Only issue I have with aftermarket R/Rs. If they don't come with an adapter plug, most people just hard wire to the harness...messy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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