man I don't know whats going on. The battery is fine, I put it on the charger and it said it was almost fully charged. So it's something else. Thanks for all your help guys but it looks like I'm gonna have to leave it here till I fix it..


Next question: when I turned on the ignition, the battery charger went bonkers so obviously the ignition and battery are connected, but whatever comes after the ignition looks to be messed up. Where does electricity flow from the battery? Does it go: Batter > 30Amp fuse > ignition > lights...et cetera that's probably not right I'm just throwing it out there.

 

Sooo.. I'm assuming you got it running again - https://cbrforum.com/forum/sights-n-sounds-7/nice-day-121204/

What was the issue?

 

Alas, that was the trip before the whole breakdown. It is not running still, nor are ANY electronics working.

-Checked the battery (it powered up my spare taillight)
-Replaced all the good fuses (there were no bad ones) for the heck of it
-No unplugged connections

At this point I really don't know what it is. I started moving away from the battery checking connections, but I had class. If anyone has any suggestions I'll be grateful!

 

i know what it is. il bet a hundred bucks it is the fking rectifier aka (R/R). Get a Gsxr one.

 

Alright I'll do that. I ruled it out at first because from my knowledge a bad rectifier wouldn't stop the lights from going on. Guess I'm wrong. Time to read up on what a rectifier is!

You said you had an F3 before so I'm guessing you've been through this pain before. It's really hard not to sell it because of all these problems, but it really is the perfect bike for me. I'm going to hardcore streetfighter it so

 

f3 was my 2nd bike and she was alllll red. beauty. but i switched cuz i could not resist an all black zx6r 636

gl with the f3.

My lights were working even though my rectifier was bad. But your problem sounded very similar to what I had, thus, I suggest changing that rectifier. Either way, you will have to change that ****ty honda R/R sooner or later.

 

Battery had a dead cell. Likely it is from the jump start I got. Will keep updated.

Mods, can you move this thread to troubleshooting or general tech?

 

Rectifier is basically diodes set up in a diamond shape configuration, it converts the ac voltage coming off the stator to a dc voltage to charge your battery. Your lights/electrical system should work for awhile if your rectifier went out, until the battery runs out of power. I would look at the rest of the circuit....
Check battery,

 

lmao My parents were the same way. They hated the idea of me riding so of course when I told them i was saving up for a bike they flipped. So I only did the natural thing and bought one anyways(it was a '94 f2). Put it in my dads barn while they were out one night and got a very interesting phone call the next day while at work lol. Point being they r going to find out sooner or later anyways might as well bite the bullet

 

^^ just seen your last post, yeah a dead cell might do it.