F2 sat up for over a yr. Cleaned carbs. Drained the old fuel, she fired RIGHT UP(honda for you!).. BUT she wont run w/o jumper cables. At first I thought it was just a ****e battery after sitting for so long, plus the battery was dry. The guy I bought her from a few yrs ago said she did somthing similar and he replaced the rectifier, but shouldnt it still run without cables??? I'm stumped. Do I go ahead and grab the R/R or the new battery?? Searched through many threads but not sure if she should be running without cables even if the R/R is bad... PS isnt there a way I can ghetto up a Camaro rectifier and at least ride whilst waiting on the UPS guy???????? Please help friends, I NEED TO RIDE

 

When I bought my F2, the battery was shot, and would not run without jumper cables as well. New battery solved the problem.

 

Did you check the voltage on the battery?

If the R/R is replaced with a non-oem one you should be fine.

Do this so we can help:

-Post a pic of your R/R (we cna tell you if it's OEM or not)
-Post a voltage reading of your battery pre-charging it, and then after charging it.

 

smart thing to do is test everything with a voltometer. Technically yes it should but things dont always work like the should lol. Sounds like the battery n R/R are shot.

 

dude, take the cables off and take a voltage reading with a meter with the bike at 5k rpm. if the R/R is functioning, it will read about 14.5vdc. I would just go ahead and replace the battery anyway since it is a maintenance item and it is so old. nothing sucks more than getting stranded because of a ****ty battery.