stuttering fzs 600

[Fazerider]

Could be a fault with the unit sending too much to the earth effectively lowering the voltage across the battery? I don't think its necessarily as black & white as "it works" or "it doesn't work" - probably a grey area where its only partially working, or not working to full capacity / spec - this would then allow for the conditions observed...

When everything you know to be true can't explain it, it's time to reconsider those "absolutes"

Yes, fair enough... it may not be an all or nothing fault and would presumably be intermittent to boot, but the problem remains that the battery is very good at soaking up or delivering brief surges of power. If the regulator decides for a few seconds that it should be delivering 6v instead of 14 it has the full output capability of the battery to contend with. Sure, it can drag the voltage down eventually, but I'd expect the lights to go dim before the sparks got weak.