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STREETBIKESONLY · 02-14-2007

Thank you for the vast amount of information.

I put a multimeter to the battery leads as the bike was running at idle and it read about 12.5 volts BUT it slowly began to rise on IDLE and it hit 14.5 Volts.

As I reved the motor to 5000 rpms it went from 12.5 to 13.5-14 ish

Here is my question. How does the bike stay running with a dead battery? Does this mean that the stator is good since its producing the energy needed to keep the bike running? If so then is my battery not holding the charge that its receiving from the stator? Or is the rectifier not regulating the curren going to the battery properly?

Thanks for all your help!

02-14-2007	#6 (permalink)
STREETBIKESONLY Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 4	Thank you for the vast amount of information. I put a multimeter to the battery leads as the bike was running at idle and it read about 12.5 volts BUT it slowly began to rise on IDLE and it hit 14.5 Volts. As I reved the motor to 5000 rpms it went from 12.5 to 13.5-14 ish Here is my question. How does the bike stay running with a dead battery? Does this mean that the stator is good since its producing the energy needed to keep the bike running? If so then is my battery not holding the charge that its receiving from the stator? Or is the rectifier not regulating the curren going to the battery properly? Thanks for all your help!