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Originally Posted by askmrjesus
That would be the obvious place to start.
Step 1. Put a meter on the battery. Anything less than 12V, put it on a charger and proceed to step two.
Step 2. Check the voltage drop at startup. Put the meter on the batt, and hit the start button. If it drops more than 2-3 Volts, batt is probably fubar.
Step 3. Check output from stator. Jump the bike to get it running. Put the meter back on the batt, and measure the output while reving the motor. Should be 13.5 or higher. If not, bike is not charging the batt.
Step 4. Report back, and we'll talk about voltage regulators, (if need be).
JC
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Anything but the voltage regulator, that is the major problem child on the futuras. I have gone through a few on this bike and finally bought an aftermarket one from a guy on the af1 site that everyone uses and all had been prety good.
Theres a problem with it melting the connectors which finally caught up to me so a freind helped me eliminate the connectors and soldered the wites together directly and the bike has been fine for quite a while with this set up.
Now pardon the ignorance but why the battery? something with a sudden surge from me whacking the throttle wide open?