I'm sure most will be like, oh wow this has been discussed million times lol but I did search three threads similar problems but still havnt had an exact awnser so. When I bought the bike in the spring I put a new battery in her. Never had problems sense ( crapy dead one was in it when I got it and had starting issues). Now lfew weeks ago it died, I charged it on my trickle charger to full. Tonight it died when I was at my buds shop, I jumped it with car battery to get it home at least but died at a stop light, rolled over and me and a fellow biker tried pushing it down hill to but the battery was just done for I think so it's sitting at taco bell for the night lol I'm still learning about bikes, so now does a bike have an alternater like a car does to keep a charge? And what exactly is a STATER? What's it do, ect. I'm guessing I just need a new battery or my buddy said you can buy w stater and and solve the issue. Does my bike have one!? 96 600f3.

Thanks for any help you guys give

 

You should check your charging system. See the factory service manual. While it may be the stator, more often than not - its the R/R. A bad R/R will kill a battery dead. Of course a bad battery is the first thing to check.

 

Do a search for R/R (regulator/rectifier), a very common problem on these bikes and there is lots of info about it on here.

 

Thank you sirs will do

 

A stator is the bike-version of an alternator. Usually the wire coil is fixed and the end
of the crank, spins permanent magnets inside of it. It sends 3 legs of AC current to
the regulator/rectifier. The r/r's job is to first rectifiy the AC to DC and then regulate it
between 11.8-ish to 14.6-ish volts. This is sent to the battery and, in parallel,
to the rest of the bike's electrical systems.

Here's my favorite electrical/charging system, diagnostic/over-view links...

Charging System Diagnostics - Rectifier/Regulator Upgrade - Triumph Forum: Triumph Rat Motorcycle Forums

https://cbrforum.com/forum/f2-tech-9...-solved-27739/

Technical Resources - Resources for Electrical Systems on Motorcycles and ATVs - ElectroSport

Hope this helps, Ern