What rpm does everyone's bikes idle at? mine idles at 1,500 rpm anything under that and my head lights flicker off and on like it is about to shut off but when i give it throttle its fine. is that normal.?

 

That isn't normal. The bike is suppose to idle at 1,200 + or - 100 (Cali model 1,400 + or - 100). I would look at output of your charging system. If it is between 13 V and 15.5 V @ 5,000 rpm, then your charging system is working fine. I would then turn to the battery and run a load test on it. You'll have to take to a place like Autozone to have this done. The technician will need the CCAfor the battery which is 120 A. You could have a battery that is dying a slow death and discharges quickly when under a load. If it is the battery dying because it's old, it'll get to the point where the bike will not run because of the battery being too dead run the bike.

 

ok beacuse i bought bike around two months ago and i replaced most everything except battery so that might be it. I will let you know. thank you.

 

Before you buy one, test is first though.

 

could be other issues than just charging problems though. Carbs could be out of sync or partially blocked slow jets...

Dennis

 

also one more thing. when i put bike in neutral and turned my side signlas on i noticed my neutral light flickering everytme my side singal was blinking.

 

my headlight dims a tiny bit at idle. no biggie. you need to make some adjustments to yours though.

 

Ignore my previous answer...I just re-read the thread and realized I mis-read the question. I thought you had indicated that the bike died not the headlight...my bad!

 

I highly recomend getting on this because if your reg/rec is still good and your battery isn't, it is causing the reg/rec to work excessively and builds up heat. This heat build up will eventually cause the reg/rec to burn up. This heat build up also causes the connectors in your charging system to melt together from the excessive resistance. Just speaking from experience on this. Had to replace my connector between the stator and bike harness and also at the reg/rec connector.

 

yeah actually i notcied the clip was melted so i had this replaced.