Once my battery dies it wont stay charged for more than a couple days. They arent really meant to be ran dead from my experience over the last 6 years. I originally replaced them with the nice batteries that are pricey now I just go with the ebay 30$ ones and they work fine

 

GET YOURSELF A VOLT METER IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE WAL MART SHOULD HAVE ONE! Start the bike put the volt meter on the battery post + - with the meter on DC and check the voltage at about 2,000 rpm! if it the charging system is working properly you will read between 13.5 - 14.5 volts NO! MORE NO LESS!

 

I just went outside, was going to push start the bike and ride it to autozone and get them to test it with volt meter.. I hit the start button and it started, but barely.. so I rode it to autozone just now. the tested it.. and at 2,000 rpm it was at 11.5 volts... and even if i revved it up the highest I think it went was 11.8 volts.. When I got back home, i tried to start it and it's just as dead as can be.. So what's my next step in diagnosing the problem? Since i know it's only sending 11.5 volts.

 

Nice guy to the rescue! Who would have thought!:thumbup:lol

 

It's all in the way you ask...or appear helpless.

 

lol. thanks man.. I will try to test the ohms from the stator before I go buy a rectifier and that not be the problem.. so correct me if im wrong.. but the 3 white wires in the plug on the rectifier coming from the stator.. are the ones I need to test the ohm on? And im assuming this is while the bike is running? lol i know im a noob.. thanks for taking the time to help tho

 

Only way to get the bike to 5k rpm is with it on. :thumbup

 

This is the the thread I stole the quote from.

Found it by searching (little button above) for "charging test".

http://www.r1-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31255

 

erm your stator is shot.

 

What makes you think it's def the stator and not the rectifier? I have the battery in my house now charging it.. When I connected it to the charger the volts on the batter was 11.8

 

http://www.r1-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=212122

lets try that

 

http://www.r1-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=212122

lets try that

Damnit that was the thread I was looking for too.

 

ok so I went out this morning and bought a multimeter.. I done this: (Start by testing the stator. You should have three wires coming from the stator. Set your multimeter to ac and test any combination of the three wires. It should yield about 50v ac in any configuation.) and at idle my stator was putting out around 21v, at 3500 rpm was where it was putting out 50v. If i went to 5000 rpm it was like 80v... does this sound right? I also done this: (Most likely it is your voltage rectifier/regulator. Disconnect it and use a multimeter to test it. Use the diode funciton on the multimeter. Hook up the red multimeter lead to the "black wire" output on the R/R. Touch the black multimeter lead to each of the white R/R wires. There is a total of 3 white wires. You should get a reading of .4-.6 volts.) and when I done this it wasn't registering anything at all. Im assuming I tested the R/R correctly. So what do you guys think? need new R/R? Stator tested ok??

 

You need to set your meter to DC not AC, DC= Direct Current (Automotive) AC= Alternating Current(found in your house).