Recent content by sio

Thinking back, I was riding when I was riding that day, I was in stop and go traffic, with both headlights on. 35w lamps is a good idea. That way I can get away with both lights on so people stop coming up and telling me one of my headlights is burnt out!

Yeah, that was my first thought, a broken R/R. I bought a used (OEM) but good one off of ebay since I didn't want to drop the coin on a brand new one. Both the old one and the ebay one produced the exact same results voltage wise. That's what leaned me towards something else like the stator.

So after bringing the bike up to temp and leaving the battery in place now rather than pulling it here's what I have: Battery/Ignition Off: 12.6v Battery/Ignition On/Engine running @ idle: 12.3v Battery/Ignition On/Engine running @ 3k RPM: 13.5v So based off that it does seem that my...

not 100% sure if OE or not. I bought the bike 1.5 years ago used. PO never said anything about replacing the battery. I jumped the bike off of a non-running car engine battery (I had seen that advice somewhere in another thread...) I'll warm up the bike to operating temp, redo my measurements...

So, found out the battery wasn't be charged the hard way after stopping after a long (1 hr.) ride and turned off the bike. Tried to start the bike and the battery didn't have enough amps to turn the engine over, and I got stranded a couple miles from home at 11p at night. Here's what I have...

Just my 2 cents as a newbie to the site been in a FZ6 for about a year: Wanted to get into riding with absolutely zero/zilch/nada experience on a powered two wheeled machine. So I asked a buddy of mine who races vintage triumphs (in AHRMA) for recommendations for a beginners bike. He flat out...