15-11-14, 01:19 AM
OK, a follow up to this.
I went out on the bike this evening. It started pretty much ok about 6pm, but as it was only a few miles ride to where I was going I kept the gear down and the revs up.
About an hour ago (11pm), ready to come home, I tried to start the bike, however whilst it was turning over quite acceptably, it wouldn't fire, a very similar situation to what I described in this thread (that was before I replaced the battery) not least because there was a lot of condensation on the bike seat.
After about half a dozen attempts at cranking it, unsurprisingly I ran the battery down, so I had to resort to bump starting it. When I got home I checked the voltage and got a reading of 12.71v
I've put it back on the Optimate now, but surely there has to be something screwed up somewhere if it will turn over but not fire.
Regarding the comments above:
Ah, I wasn't aware of that, thanks for pointing it out.
As I mentioned above, the starter was turning the engine over fine, but it wouldn't fire.
Regarding the Stator, I really don't feel confident about playing around with that, however I'm going to try to check the Rectifier tomorrow.
I went out on the bike this evening. It started pretty much ok about 6pm, but as it was only a few miles ride to where I was going I kept the gear down and the revs up.
About an hour ago (11pm), ready to come home, I tried to start the bike, however whilst it was turning over quite acceptably, it wouldn't fire, a very similar situation to what I described in this thread (that was before I replaced the battery) not least because there was a lot of condensation on the bike seat.
After about half a dozen attempts at cranking it, unsurprisingly I ran the battery down, so I had to resort to bump starting it. When I got home I checked the voltage and got a reading of 12.71v
I've put it back on the Optimate now, but surely there has to be something screwed up somewhere if it will turn over but not fire.
Regarding the comments above:
(14-11-14, 06:16 PM)schlumpf link Wrote: A fully charged battery reads 13.8V, when connected to a charger. As soon as it rests for a while the voltage drops to somewhere between 12.5 and 12.8V. Have observed this many times when charging my battery during winter. And this is also on par with the manual. It says to wait for 30 minutes after charging for the final voltage to settle.
Ah, I wasn't aware of that, thanks for pointing it out.
Quote:If the battery is proven to be fine (because new) I would investigate the starter.
As I mentioned above, the starter was turning the engine over fine, but it wouldn't fire.
Regarding the Stator, I really don't feel confident about playing around with that, however I'm going to try to check the Rectifier tomorrow.