help, electric problem

v4forlife · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 31 Mar 2003 Karma :

right, my nc is having problems

the battery is dead, but its shouldnt be. Crying or Very sad

before you start saying, ive replaced the reg/rec, altinator and battery, so i dont know what to do next
also the bike is , very lately, getting very hot very quickly

oh and i may be getting a gs500 as a 'hack' bike while my vfr is off the road Mr. Green

please pleased please help
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Stew · Posted: 20:57 - 29 Apr 2005 Post subject:

Have you checked that the battery is getting charged properly? Just check by putting a voltmeter across the battery terminals when the bike is running, the reading should be 14.5 - 15 V afaik. M's VFR has recently had electrical gremilns which turned out to be the reg/rec again and the problem was intermittent so was only charging some of the time, eventually the reg/rec stopped working altogether causing the lights to dim and the bike to stall when coming to a standstill.
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plugger147 · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Karma :

How dead is it?any ignition lights,clicking of the starter?
Have you tested the battery to make sure it's fully charged?I'm not sure whats youre best method of attack but i'd try testing power to the ignition switch/starter button.then power to the starter.
after that i'd try posting in the workshop section there's usually somebody sensible in there.
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