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dug1967 -> Hello, oh yeah I need some help.. (5/6/2005 8:33:06 AM)
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First time poster here, I hate to start off with a problem but am not having much luck figuring out what is wrong, hopefully someone else here has some ideas.
My bike is a 1990 CBR 600 with 37,000 miles on it. About 18 months ago the regulator / rectifier went out. Atleast that is what the Honda place told me. They replaced it (for $260, ouch) and all was fine for about 5 months.... then the bike started acting up. Like I would drive to work and all was fine, it sat for the day and when I went to go home, battery would be dead (not enough to turn over)....
I got away with push starting it and it would get me home fine (about 12 miles). I would put the charger on and it was fine for a few days. Then the same thing... dead and had to push start.... this went on for a few months.
Then it got to the point where it wouldn't turn over even with a good push..... so I jumped it off a car battery. It would start and get about 8 of the 12 miles to the house and just completely die on the road. Got it jumped again on the road and made it home. This happened twice.
I gave up and let it sit for about 12 months.
It sounds like a bad stator (or some other part of the charging system) to me. So I got a used stator off of eBay for $9.... yeah I know USED is UNKNOWN.... but for $9.... worth a shot.
All seemed to be good for the first few days with the different stator. Charged up the battery, and drove it around the neighborhood for about 30 miles in about 3 trips... No problems. Every time after a ride (of abut 10 miles) I would put the charger on it and it was still fully charged.
Yesterday I took it to get inspected. Drove 5 miles to Mr. Sticker and turned it off. Went to start it to pull into the bay, the battery was completely dead..... geeze.....
Got it jumped and it sat and idled for 15 minutes while waiting for them to do the inspection. Drive it home (another 5 miles). Put the charger on it, it did pull 2 amps for about 30 seconds then was fully charged again.... Normally would take 20 to 30 minutes to charge up when completely dead
Started it about 10 times in a row with no problems......
I really hate intermittent problems
Any ideas? I can only think of three things it could be. Stator (assuming the one from eBay was bad as was my original one), the $260 Reg/Rec went bad pretty damn quick, or maybe the battery.....
I am lost.....
Sorry for the long post and look forward to any thoughts you might have.
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