charging

So I had not taken my max out in a few weeks so I threw on my battery tender over night because I was going to ride the next day. I tried to start it up and nothing. No lights, no fuel pump, no starter, nothing. I checked the main fuse right under the seat and it was still good. I changed it...

Hello, I've recently replaced my front headlight with 3 smaller ones. From what I understand the stock bulb is a 50-60 WATT lamp, now there are 3 100 WATT lamps connected in parallel which in turn drains the battery in a few minutes. I'm trying to find a way to make the headlights work...

2 of my Stator Wires fried together at the regulator connection. Actually the Regulator wires. The Power Wire to the regulator was broken. Ohm'd the Stator and they were all even. AC output voltage was 12.8 volts. Ohm'd the Regulator and saw some differences so I put my new spare regulator in...

This all started when my max would'nt start when warm a couple of times, I took the battery out and charged it overnight, disconected the charger next morn and left the battery untill I returned from work about 8-9hrs later. The battery voltage then was 12.4 (thought is should have been higher...

I'm stumped. Last night my Max left me sitting. It was running fine. I had stopped at a convenience store to get a drink. As soon as I went to start the bike, nothing. Anyway, after I finally got someone to give me a jump, I rode it home and wasted no time trying to figure out what went wrong...

Hello all you Max heads. I have a question that some of you guys hopefully have a answer to. Does our bike have a charging system? That keeps the battery charged? I see a lot of guys installing trickle chargers and hooking up once a month, etc. Thanks for the help.

Started on my way to a charity ride today....didnt get there ! No charge, AGAIN !! Finally got the bike home. Here is what I got.......... I checked the AC voltage on the stator, Ckecking each leg to ground I get around 10 volts at Idle...around 40 AC volts at say 5000 RPM. Is my Stator good ( I...

93 VMax. I have been having some little hiccups lately with the bike and I think they have something to do with the charging system. When I check the voltage at the battery with the bike running I get all sorts of weird readings. At idle it's charging about 14V and when I rev it to about 3k...

My battery maintainer puts out about 13volts and my battery s putting out about 12.8 after a charge .Is that the right amount without cooking the battery and keeping it at its peak?.

This is one topic that comes up again, and again, and again, I'm pretty sure it's even surpassed the "which oil is best" threads in post count. Every time it comes up, there's lots of good info, until it slips back a few pages and the question gets asked again by another new member. There's a...

Just installed a volt meter on my '85 Max, and it shows 12v static and at idle, 13v at 2,000 rpm, then drops back to 12v at any higher rpm. Does that mean my r/r is kaput, or about to go? I thought it should show up to 14v at higher rpm's.

Ok, so in a nutshell what is the charging voltage at the battery supposed to be after the crimp fix, and idleing at 1000 rpms, without the fan running , mine is 12.7 then with fan on 12.3 / 12.5 but the bike runs funny at the lower voltage, whats the cheapest easiest way to inclease voltage, its...

Hi Guys, I finally had enough of my marginal charging system on my 96 vmax. I cleaned all of the connections and did the crimp fix and it did not do much. Yesterday I got home from work and went to town with a soldering iron and some uninsulated butt connectors. I used a 30amp inline fuse with...

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My bike charges between 12.2 vlts at idle and 12.9-13.3 vlts at 2000 rpms is my stator going bad

Charging odyssey battery with leads connected Can I 2 amp charge my odyssey battery with the leads on? Or bad Idea? Thanks

OK, I was having the smoking wire issue from the stator/ Rectifier plug. I hard wired/soldered the three stator wires and assumed all was well...NOT SO FAST !! All is not well, Battery not charging, I checked the output of the hot wire and its only 8 volts.......Is it safe to assume the...

After getting stranded the other day, I decided that an Odyssey Battery was in order. Atleast it may start the bike in a desperate situation. I installed the battery directly from my 94. The battery read 12.88 and had been sitting without running for 24 or so hours. I ran the 89 and resync'd the...

The other day, I was crusing home on the highway and she just started sputtering and died. I tried to restart it and the battery was dead. I just installed a new stator, my battery is cherry, and my starter is new. Before I take her out, I wanted to make sure everything was working. Anyway, I am...

Im having trouble AGAIN ,:bang head: and Im wondering if it might be in the charging system and not the EFI this time:ummm:.so for you few guys with the WB system, how would/could a weak/bad charging system affect the funtion of the EFI.. runs great when Im on it hard :biglaugh:,but seems to...