I had my $600 garage find running with a new battery and rebuilding the clutch and front brake. After a couple of weekends of working on it, and only taking ti out for about a 5 minutes ride the bike went dead as I pulled into my driveway. I tried to restart but the battery just didn’t have any power.
I let it sit for about two months as Christmas passed. I’m figuring the problem is somewhere in the rectifier/ alternator. I went and got the battery recharged at autozone, tried to restart the bike but the battery just didn’t have the juice and went dead within 5 minutes (if that) of trying to start it. So I have not been able to do any running tests on the bike. But here is what I have done: Checked the rectifier using a multimeter to check resistance between each of the 3 yellow leads to the green ground. It registered zero ohms on each with one polarity, when the polarity was reversed there was no current on any. So I am assuming that means it good. I found this method on-line at http://www.dansmc.com/electricaltesting.htm . I have the manual but have no idea what the tests are that the manual calls for (Sanwa SP-10D, etc...) Checked the alternator by seeing if there is connectivity on the winding. All yellow leads coming from the alternator show connectivity. The manual says to check this on the “alternator side”of the connector. I am assuming this means the winding is good. The next step in the manual says to check resistance levels on the “harness” side, which I am assuming is the leads to the rectifier? I am NOT getting connectivity between the yellow leads going into the rectifier. Is this what I am supposed to be doing? Next is says to check between each yellow lead and the green ground, which I have and it shows no connectivity, which it supposedly should not. I don’t have a running bike at this point to I cant check any running tests. So, what should I check at this point? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
