So I was riding all day today with no issues. Then on my way home(it was night time) I was flickering my high beams on and off after passing vehicles and all of a sudden my electronics start wigging out. First it seems as if the headlights may have broke and then i slowly lost power throughout the whole bike. For a while i had very dim cluster light power and then eventually those died out as well. I tried jumping the battery and still no power. Can you guys guide me in the right direction? is it a fuse? bad alternator?

Edit: Well i just found the sticky on the No power Problem. I will check the Regualtor/rectifier(although i believe it was just recently replaced).I will double check the battery and i will find out if the alternator/stator is functioning. Anybody else have any recommendations?

 

Sounds like you're heading in the right direction. Look for the tests for the R/R, stator, battery and see what you come up with. This is one of the more common problems with our F2s and F3s. Good luck!

 

When it comes to figuring out electrical it problems with recharging the battery there is a cycle, the Charged battery sends power to the Alternator which creates AC and the Alternating Current is sent to the Regulator/Rectifier which in turn is turned into DC that Direct Current is what recharges the battery, Kinda sounds like you fried a diode in your regulator, or you're alternator/stator is slowly going bad, you can check both problems with a multimeter, on my 92 cbr f2 it was the regulator, there are certain resistance that is supposed to come off the regulator and mine was half fried, so my battery wasnt getting no RE-charge. Hope this helps Cya

 

Hey, Thanks for the advice fellas. Dug into the bike after work and found out that my battery was dead (.9V), Main Fuse (30A) was blown, Headlight fuse(10a) was blown, headlight bulb took a ****, Starter fuse(10a) blew and continued to blow 2 more fuses with very slow starter rotation. The stator was ok via multimeter and I am checking/testing the R/R now. Anyone know why i'm blowing starter fuses?

Edit: Oh yea, and all this was going on while being jumped..if that helps.

 

Well being that you were being jumped that has a huge impact, tell me the car/truck was not started.. you not supposed to jump a bike with the engine running, i guess it gives to much juice and can blow fuses, but if it keeps being persistant you can always just jump to a ridiculous size fuse. that would prevent it from blowing, let me know if this helped

 

well just tested the R/R and the yellows were under the specified range....

 

im having the same sort of issues....i tested my rr with a multimeter and no matter what prongs on the rr i touch with the multimeter it reads 1 ohm.....also there is a little crack in the top soft rubber spot of the rr....my assumption is htat it got hot and a bubble formed and popped.....sorry to thread jack....just having the same issues.....any ideas?

 

There are aftermarket R/Rs with cooling fins, unlike the OEM ones. You may want to check them out if you decide to replace it.

 

DO NOT put in a bigger fuse cannot stress enough they blow for a reason so it dont fry your s**t. find the root problem and the fuse issue will stop. on cars a loose ground will mess up all types of things if your reg is good check ground straps

 

Anyone know where i can get a good condition Ignition Control Module?