So, here's my current problem...
My bike is not charging, and I've got a pretty healthy current draw. Key off, current draw test, it pulls .8-.9 amps. Not mA, A. If I unplug the gauge cluster, it drops to zero. While it's together and running, AC voltage coming from the stator is 67-70 at 5k rpm, just like it should be. When I pull the bike off the charger and start it immediatly, it will sit at 14.5-7 volts, then slowly drop to battery voltage as it runs and runs rougher and rougher as it continues. Bringing up the RPM will slow the voltage drop, but it still drops. All my connections are clean and dry, new battery, and the bike seems to clean up when it's on a charger while it's running. There's no more than .05-.1 v drop anywhere , the stator is not shorted to ground, and doesnt appear to have any burned or hot coils in it. I have a spare regulator around somewhere, but dont know that it will help my draw from the inst. cluster. If I pull the smaller plug from the ECU it will drop the draw to zero also, so I dont want to pin the cluster right off the bat. I saw one previous post about the inst. cluster draw, and that the OP had left the stator connector unplugged.
My bike is not charging, and I've got a pretty healthy current draw. Key off, current draw test, it pulls .8-.9 amps. Not mA, A. If I unplug the gauge cluster, it drops to zero. While it's together and running, AC voltage coming from the stator is 67-70 at 5k rpm, just like it should be. When I pull the bike off the charger and start it immediatly, it will sit at 14.5-7 volts, then slowly drop to battery voltage as it runs and runs rougher and rougher as it continues. Bringing up the RPM will slow the voltage drop, but it still drops. All my connections are clean and dry, new battery, and the bike seems to clean up when it's on a charger while it's running. There's no more than .05-.1 v drop anywhere , the stator is not shorted to ground, and doesnt appear to have any burned or hot coils in it. I have a spare regulator around somewhere, but dont know that it will help my draw from the inst. cluster. If I pull the smaller plug from the ECU it will drop the draw to zero also, so I dont want to pin the cluster right off the bat. I saw one previous post about the inst. cluster draw, and that the OP had left the stator connector unplugged.
