Today was about 102 F and I drove my bike moderately hard (keeping the rpm up through traffic on the highway) to my neice's birthday party and I parked it and turned it off. I wasn't satisfied with where I parked it so I went to move it, tried to start it and it wouldn't turn over. All lights and activity on the guages seemed normal, but it's like the battery didn't have enough power to turn the motor over. I let it cool down for an hour and a half and she turned over just fine.

Is this a common problem with 600RRs or is my battery about ready to bail out on me?

 

sounds like a battery. do you ride w/ your high beams on alot? cuz i used to, during the day so people could see me better and it started to kill my battery. as far as being too hot, ive stopped somewhere after i was up around 230 F and it starts up nice everytime.

 

Yup, I run my high beams on all the time and only turn them off when parking the bike so not to start with both lights on. So the alternator isn't doing much charging on the battery when everything is on? Damn, I'm glad I don't run any other accessories like a detector.

 

hey guys i just bought a 03 cbr rr also, i ran into the same problem, i was told this is normal i guess its hard to start when the bike is in the 220 degree zone i gave it a few minutes to cool down n it was fine...and yeah i do ride with the high beams on all the time also

 

yeah in the winter mine doesnt have this problem cause everything stays so cold but in the summer got to really plan my trips even to a gas station

 

its a common problem with the 03's

 

Yep, got the same problem with my 03. sometimes it does it, sometimes it don't. Sux when it does..i just push start it lol.

-Adam

 

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.....it calls it an alternator in the service manual

An alternator is an electromechanical device that converts mechanical energy to alternating current electrical energy

The generator developes an electric current "electricity", with the flow of electrons which are stripped away from the conductor's atom by moving it through a magenetic field. The flow of electrons "current" creates charges, positive and negative, depending on the direction the conductor moves throught the magnetic field. Electron flow is from Negative to Positve outside the conductor. Voltage can viewed as being similair to pressure in water and is a result of the generation process. Normally the higher the pressure the more current flows however, current is limited by the amount of restriction (resistance) to the flow. Generated voltage is dependent on number of conductors (windings), speed at which the conductor(s) cuts the magnetic lines of force in the generator and resistance. Voltage, Current and Resistance are an interelated and are explained under Ohm's law.


now if your talking about the generator you hook your tire warmers up to then yeah it produces AC but its kind of hybrid

and if it was an genrator our bike had that produced DC current then there would be no need for the rectifier that changes the alternator current to DC

correct me if im wrong but i had a hard time having the aircraft mechanics explain the differnence in college?

 

Yeah, my bad. I was reading the service manual and something else at the same time and got the two mixed up. Sorry bout that.