slupdawg wrote:Yeah, sure sounds like a charging situation to me. I had bad kickback and starting problems at one time, too. Turns out the relatively new boyer was bad, thus very spotty starting and running. Once replaced, the 2MC capacitor was found to be draining my battery charge, so after a few days sitting I still had a dying battery and kickback problems. And a noticeable limp from getting launched a foot in the air when I tried to start her up.
So, new ignition, scrapping the 2MC, and a new alternator and regulator fixed all my problems, until I had to replace the entire wiring loom, but that's another story......
Anyway, life is good now, she runs like a dream, and no longer punishes me with a swollen ankle for daring to start her up. Put a test light on the leads to that capacitor when your ignition is off and check to see that it's not drawing down your battery. If that light comes on, replace the 2MC or throw it away. Charge your battery fully, start the bike, and then check your voltage. Should be giving you some spare volts and amps to recharge the battery (13.5-14V range). Turn the bike off and check the voltage. Then run the headlamp for a few minutes and check it again. Dropping voltage? Then you have a charging/battery problem. How old is that battery? Have you serviced it in a while? As was said earlier, maybe bad leads from the alternator?
the battery is new, I bought it about 4 months ago. Im going to check out the bike in about a hour or so, im kind of sick from yesterday. I had to puch the bike and try and kick start it and struggled so much i started sweating and it was super cold outside. so now im sick too.
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1971 Norton commando 750
2004 Honda CBR1000RR
