In preparation for first decent ride of the year, had the battery on the Optimate all night. Bike span up with vigour and started straight away... leaving me with confidence that the battery had survived winter, so off I went. After half hour of thoroughly enjoyable blasting I stopped for a cig and plane watching at the airport. Finished cig, kitted back up and prodded starter...... nothing! Not so much as a twitch. After 10 minutes or so of shaking my head a guy on an old Yamaha pulled over to see if I was ok, and proceeded to help me bump start it. Got it running, gave him a hug (that I'm not sure he appreciated) and off we went...... big thank you mystery stranger, new battery to be ordered shortly!
hope its not your reg/rectifier on way out did it to me stranded at willlingham woods had to get AA to recover me.but if you got home ok like you say it might just be your battery.
Is a good point. Am I right in saying that, with the engine running I should see 14+ volts across battery to prove that reg/rec and generator are good?
not sure on the numbers but you should see a deffinate increase in the numbers when you rev it! AA man checked mine zilch! But its a known fault on the rr6/7 they overheat n melt the windings Dobles weren't interested as when it happened the bike was over 2 years old,so phoned Marshalls of Peterbrough for some independent advice they informed yeah blah blah blah known fault tough shit great eh!
Yea, ya should see 14.4v with a bit of throttle. with everything off ya should see 13.2v on battery terminals.
