ZED
New Member
Hello fellas. I am a new member, and have appreciated all the great information that is traded back and forth here in the site. I have a dilemma
of of my own and would really appreciate any help that might be out there. Here goes.... I was riding at 55 mph, bikr backfired and died. I coasted to
a stop..starter would give one click but would not even try to turn over. I had headlight, speedo lit, etc.. Hitched a ride, went back and hauled the the bile home (03 Mastiff). Tested battery(3 month old BDM 270cca) and it only
had 8.1v. Put it back on the battery tender (like always). After an all night
charge it now has has 12.2v but is only charging at 12.1v weather at idle or reving 2000 rpm. tested stator at plug and it had 40 AC volts output at the
plug socket on the front of the crank case ..so stator is good. Found circuit
breaked was tripped. reset breaker and at 2000 rpm range I now have the
charging system putting out over 14v as it should. Got on the bike and rode
a mile or 2 and pulled the seat to check the circuit breaker and it was tripped
again and of course now the charging system is back to 12.2v output.....my
question is-----where to look for what I assume has to be a bare wire or short??? Sorry in advance for the long post....just trying to get all the info anyone would need to try to help.
of of my own and would really appreciate any help that might be out there. Here goes.... I was riding at 55 mph, bikr backfired and died. I coasted to
a stop..starter would give one click but would not even try to turn over. I had headlight, speedo lit, etc.. Hitched a ride, went back and hauled the the bile home (03 Mastiff). Tested battery(3 month old BDM 270cca) and it only
had 8.1v. Put it back on the battery tender (like always). After an all night
charge it now has has 12.2v but is only charging at 12.1v weather at idle or reving 2000 rpm. tested stator at plug and it had 40 AC volts output at the
plug socket on the front of the crank case ..so stator is good. Found circuit
breaked was tripped. reset breaker and at 2000 rpm range I now have the
charging system putting out over 14v as it should. Got on the bike and rode
a mile or 2 and pulled the seat to check the circuit breaker and it was tripped
again and of course now the charging system is back to 12.2v output.....my
question is-----where to look for what I assume has to be a bare wire or short??? Sorry in advance for the long post....just trying to get all the info anyone would need to try to help.
