'79 DOHC Charging and Fuel system ????

Posted by Schlutt on
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Good afternoon. I've been lurking for a couple of months and I appreciate all the information that I have seen so far. I am new to riding and I got first bike about four month ago. I got a '79 cb750K DOHC in a trade that was too good to be true. The bike rode great for a while then the trouble started. I am having fun/frustrated rebuilding one bolt at a time but I encountered the typical charging issue that many run into. I have replaced the wiring harness, rotor, stator, regulator/rectifier, starter relay and turn flasher. After all that it looked like my charging issues were solved. I saw it was charging over 14v.  

I then took it out for a ride and had carb issues so I had to rebuild them. The bike had been sitting for 30 years or so, so I'm not surprised things are failing. However, today after getting the carbs back on and giving it a test ride I let the clutch out too fast and the engine died. (we have all done this). I didn't nothing of it except the bike wouldn't start. After pushing it back to the house I tested the battery at the posts and it read 13.25v which should be plenty of juice to get rolling but I all heard was a click.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.