hi all
have a 2004 outty 400 max. last year it went dead. boosted it, and after a few minutes of riding it was backfiring and dying again. it had been on its original battery so i started there before i went to diagnosing.
sooo, it has a new starter, new battery. still would go dead after a bit of riding. so this led me to believe my stator was not charging the battery, and the bike was running on battery power until the juice stopped flowing. so last winter i took the engine out of the bike, and redid everything i could on the engine as well, new plug, air filter (unrelated to electrical) did the valves etc. put a stator in it, everything back together and all seemed well. ran fine in the spring, but did not do much riding. come back to the bike couple weeks ago, and again, dead battery after a bit of riding.
voltage regulator toast? i assumed that if the regulator/rectifier was gone, it would likely have boiled the battery, which could have caused the original battery to so south, and i took my new battery in to make sure it was still good, and it tested absolutely fine. i did see a video on an older honda bike where they said the a regulator thats gone will prevent the bike from charging, i assume this is a universal case to all makes and models..
i will not be able to take it into a dealership, just not in my budget, so im looking for helpful info. i could find a multimeter and start testing new stator, old regulator and see what is going on, but i have not yet found a video or text to tell me the proper way to test everything that i need to test.
any info would be muchly appreciated.
2 side notes. looking for confirmation about the kill switch.. heard of lots of guys saying when they park it at home or wherever and are leaving the key in it they just use the killswitch. on my bike, the killswitch will stop the engine, but all other electrical stays on, which will result in a dead battery. what is the situation on a 2004 outty? should it work that way or should it shut off everything?
second side note.. would a speed sensor thats toast cause my speedo to rest at 30 while its idling? i know for sure that bike wont actually do the 115kph that the speedo says :th_smiliewoo:
again thanks for any help.
Gimp
