alrite guys, i have a big problem here! all and any advice would be amazing, as i am completely confused! ok so i have an F2 and i'll be riding, sometimes all day and then out of nowhere, my lights will go out (and i know i'm gonna be ****ed soon) and then about 20 seconds later my bikes motor will just shut down..like its not gettin any spark or something and then i'll coast to a stop and try and start it again and nothing, very little power if any!! and then...I'm stuck!! please any ideas whats goin wrong???

-Mike

 

test your stator. sounds like a possible cause of your battery drainage.

 

ok, well this did happen a couple of times already, and when it did i screwed around with all my wiring and battery and finally it would start again. and i then checked voltage at the battery and i was gettin like 13.5 V so i thought that would mean that my v/r and alternator were still good. but if my stators goin bad would it be an intermitant problem? and how would u check that? thanks!

 

you check the stator by measuring resistance between the windings.

but you said it was a gradual decrease in performance before your systems whent dead, right? when you checked the battery voltage, was that with the motor running?

 

well i wouldn't say its a gradual decrease in performance. i'll just be riding and then my headlights go out and shortly after the engine seems like it just stops firing and totally dies. and when it did that, i kicked it down into 2nd and tried startin it that way but it seemed like it would crank but not turn over. thats whats soo confusing. cause if my stator was shorted or had an open it wouldn't charge at all and if that is the case something else would have to be causing it not to charge... but i dunno anymore lol

 

if your battery or a connection from/to the battery was the open circuit, that would also cause sudden loss of power.

 

mmm good idea, i guess i'll have to just take another look at all the wiring and make sure everythings good.... thanks Knightslugger!! appreciate it!