i just a brand new battery three days ago installed it. bike ran prefectly fine for 3 days... let it sit for a day and cant start it. i put my trickle charger on it and it told me to check the battery that it might be bad. it wont even charge it. any ideas? should i just go ahead and buy a stator and rectifier or what? trying to fix this problem asap... any help or ideas would be greatly appreciate...thanks

 

When you shut the bike off did you leave the ignition in the off or park position? The park position will leave power to the taillight and kill the battery overnight.

 

thanks for the reply thrasher...yea i had the bike off. i know cause when i leave the bike i always look at the tail light to see if it on... made that mistake a couple of times before. any more ideas. how would i know if it was the rectifier or a stator problem?

 

it could be the alternator on the bike, i have a 89 cane and the alternator went bad and killed the battery and wouldent charge. but if u can getit started check if its charging, should be charging at13.00-14.00 volts atidle, thin go from there and check the voltage regulator and fuses

 

If you do a search on this forum you will find a hundred posts on this subject. The rectifier/regulator on these bikes are CRAP. Buy yourself an inexpensive multimeter and start checking voltages at the R/R and stator connections under the gas tank. Good luck.

 

thanks for replys... i got my battery replaced and got a multimter. i already did the battery leak test that was on the clymers manual for the bike... and the batteryleak test check out good. so its gotta be the r/r or the stator. any of you guys know how much these parts will cost me new or used just need to get this bike on the road...thanks

 

UPDATE... well did the rectifier check and i got from the 4 pin connector and got 12.97 and 0.01 for the 3 pin connector so i guess the rectifier is fine. about to do the last test its telling me to do is the stator

 

Did you check voltage from yellow to yellow( any two ) on the 3 pin and if so what did you get. Gotta do it with the bike running and with the connector disconnected. Multimeter must be on AC volts 'cause voltage coming from the stator is 3 phase AC.

 

what goin on ballistic... i never read of this test im using the clymers book right now... but ill definitely try that test today. ill keep you updated.

 

You should get 10vac - 60vac coming from the stator, with the bike running and in the low to mid rpm range. If you don't get anything then the stator is probably bad. It seems that the R/R usually go bad. Make sure to check the connectors under the gas tank. They get loose, corroded, etc. Either way if you replace the stator or R/R then you will be disconnecting those connectors anyway. If your stator voltage is good , then reconnect it( 3 pin) and disconnect the R/R from the battery( 4 pin )and check voltage there( again with bike running). You should get 13vdc - 16vdc. If you get nothing then the R/R is bad. If the R/R is bad then I would recommend this one...
VRRPM3-GL1112 from this guy.
www.oregonmotorcycleparts.com/VRRPM.html
I paid $98.00 plus shipping for mine and the guy threw in new connectors as well. I would definitely say don't buy anything used just because you never know if the part is any good until you install. Most places will only exchange used parts if they are bad, if they have another. I did this twice with a used R/R from a motorcycle junk yard before I found a new one. My fault ... I was being cheap!
A new stator might be around $150 - $200 if that is your problem