To make a long story short, the battery problems I was having, weren't due to the battery... so now I have two good batteries once I properly recharge both.
Everyone should check their regulator/stator connector. You need to remove the tail cowling and the block with fins on the left side. The connector itself is a bad design. Twist it around and you should notice that it is free to move quite a bit on the sides. The negative terminal on mine had been hot, which melted the connector enough to loosen it. I didn't think to check it when I tested the stator continuity, but after getting stranded again, I saw it and fixed it. So, basically, after testing the stator, it was connected long enough to show a charging condition with the new battery, and then later vibrated loose and I was running the system off of the battery.
I will be replacing the connector with a heavy-duty GM-style one. Hopefully my woes will save someone from getting stranded, so I strongly suggest everyone, especially high-milage riders like myself, to check and replace that connector. Dab a bit of di-electric grease when you're done, too.
Here for reference:
Everyone should check their regulator/stator connector. You need to remove the tail cowling and the block with fins on the left side. The connector itself is a bad design. Twist it around and you should notice that it is free to move quite a bit on the sides. The negative terminal on mine had been hot, which melted the connector enough to loosen it. I didn't think to check it when I tested the stator continuity, but after getting stranded again, I saw it and fixed it. So, basically, after testing the stator, it was connected long enough to show a charging condition with the new battery, and then later vibrated loose and I was running the system off of the battery.
I will be replacing the connector with a heavy-duty GM-style one. Hopefully my woes will save someone from getting stranded, so I strongly suggest everyone, especially high-milage riders like myself, to check and replace that connector. Dab a bit of di-electric grease when you're done, too.
Here for reference:
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