Hi fellas,
New to the forum so bare with me. I just bought this bike for my daughter. When we bought it it was barely running so I had to adjust the carburator and thought that was it.
Soon after that i realized it wasn't charging the battery and found that the rectifier and regulator was missing(!). Prevoius owner had no idea it was missing as his kids had just used it to mess around their cottage and charging it with an external charger when needed.
So I got a cheap regulator off of an online store (here in Sweden) and plugged it in as soon as it got here. Unfortunately it didn't help.
Tested so far:
- I measured the voltage from the stator, both yellow and white (pink by the regulator) are giving me at least 24-30VAC on idle and around 65VAC at higher revs. I later replaced it with a new one to be sure, the new one has the same results.
- There is one resistor in the loom and 2 fuses, they are all verified to be OK.
- I have stripped most of the loom and it appears to be in good condition. The ground connection to the frame also seems to be ok.
- During testing I have also disconnected all unnecessary equipment as headlight, rear-light, turning signals, horn etc. After starting the engine I have also disconnected starter engine, starter-relay, automatic-enricher etc.
- No less than 4 different batteries have been used. 2 of them are brand new, the others from working bikes (accepting charge).
I could really use some pointers going forward, let me know your experiences if you have had similar issues.
Kind regards,
Sverker
