Re: New to forum/CB650 and my first question!
Posted by JPSmee on Oct 06, 2011; 5:23pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/New-to-forum-CB650-and-my-first-question-tp3381249p3400404.html
Okay, I've got a bit of an update.
Took the bike (still needs a name
) out last night for a ride after ensuring that the battery was 100% charged. Rode for about 20 minutes and managed to stall it (d'oh). When I attempted to start it again, it acted like the battery was dead again. Managed to push start it, and ride for another 30 minutes. When I came to a full stop and tried to idle, the engine cut out (I need to adjust the idle . . . it's way too low). Same routine as before, push start and got back on the road. When I got home and hooked the battery up to the tester/charger, it noted that the battery was at 30% charge.
I opened up the charging system again and re-checked the rotor and stator. Resistance steady at 5 on rotor, and 1-1.1 for stator (this seems a little on the high range, but close to what was reported in Cheeseheads's thread, and his stator seemed okay).
I went ahead and set up the battery to trickle-charge overnight and confirmed it was at 100% before I left for work this AM. I disconnected the charger and the battery from the bike. I plan on checking the charge on the battery tonight to see if the battery is just loosing charge all on it's own (doesn't seem likely that I got a bad new battery, but anything is possible). If I can safely rule that out, I'll try to get it up and running and get an accurate volt-reading on the system at off, idle and 4000 rpm (when I tested it before, I only noted that the voltage went up, but I honestly wasn't paying attention to how much it went up).
One item of note though - when the bike is running, it runs like a dream. When the battery was dead and we push-started it, I revved up the engine and the lights did get brighter - this leads me to believe that even if the charging system is not functioning at capacity, it's at least adding juice to the system.
Anything else anyone can think of that I should try?
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/New-to-forum-CB650-and-my-first-question-tp3381249p3400404.html
Okay, I've got a bit of an update.
Took the bike (still needs a name
) out last night for a ride after ensuring that the battery was 100% charged. Rode for about 20 minutes and managed to stall it (d'oh). When I attempted to start it again, it acted like the battery was dead again. Managed to push start it, and ride for another 30 minutes. When I came to a full stop and tried to idle, the engine cut out (I need to adjust the idle . . . it's way too low). Same routine as before, push start and got back on the road. When I got home and hooked the battery up to the tester/charger, it noted that the battery was at 30% charge.
I opened up the charging system again and re-checked the rotor and stator. Resistance steady at 5 on rotor, and 1-1.1 for stator (this seems a little on the high range, but close to what was reported in Cheeseheads's thread, and his stator seemed okay).
I went ahead and set up the battery to trickle-charge overnight and confirmed it was at 100% before I left for work this AM. I disconnected the charger and the battery from the bike. I plan on checking the charge on the battery tonight to see if the battery is just loosing charge all on it's own (doesn't seem likely that I got a bad new battery, but anything is possible). If I can safely rule that out, I'll try to get it up and running and get an accurate volt-reading on the system at off, idle and 4000 rpm (when I tested it before, I only noted that the voltage went up, but I honestly wasn't paying attention to how much it went up).
One item of note though - when the bike is running, it runs like a dream. When the battery was dead and we push-started it, I revved up the engine and the lights did get brighter - this leads me to believe that even if the charging system is not functioning at capacity, it's at least adding juice to the system.
Anything else anyone can think of that I should try?
Lady Amalthea
1981 CB750C Suffolk, VA
1981 CB750C Suffolk, VA
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