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I need a little charging help.

Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 10:55 pm
by p1800cpe
My charge light on my r100cs is staying on while the engine is running. The strange thing is, the charge light does not come on when the key is turned on. The light comes on and stays on as the engine revs. Does anyone have a list of tests that I can perform to test the system? Any help would be great. Thanks, tom

Re: I need a little charging help.

Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 7:24 am
by Kurt in S.A.
Snowbum describes in excruciating detail how to trouble shoot the charging system.

Kurt in S.A.

Re: I need a little charging help.

Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 12:12 pm
by enigmaT120
I wish somebody would make a trouble-shooting flow chart for our bikes. I mean, somebody besides me.

Re: I need a little charging help.

Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 12:38 pm
by Ken in Oklahoma
enigmaT120 wrote:I wish somebody would make a trouble-shooting flow chart for our bikes. I mean, somebody besides me.
where is Rob Frankham when we really need him?



Ken

Re: I need a little charging help.

Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 1:17 pm
by Kurt in S.A.
enigmaT120 wrote:I wish somebody would make a trouble-shooting flow chart for our bikes. I mean, somebody besides me.
Got you covered. This will solve all your problems!

http://xkcd.com/730/

See! Who needs Rob! :lol:

Kurt in S.A.

Re: I need a little charging help.

Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 2:30 pm
by p1800cpe
Ken in Oklahoma wrote:
enigmaT120 wrote:I wish somebody would make a trouble-shooting flow chart for our bikes. I mean, somebody besides me.
where is Rob Frankham when we really need him?



Ken
I tried to find the write up by mr frankham with neg results.

Re: I need a little charging help.

Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 2:32 pm
by p1800cpe
Kurt in S.A. wrote:
enigmaT120 wrote:I wish somebody would make a trouble-shooting flow chart for our bikes. I mean, somebody besides me.
Got you covered. This will solve all your problems!

http://xkcd.com/730/

See! Who needs Rob! :lol:

Kurt in S.A.
Thanks that really helped. Tom

Re: I need a little charging help.

Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 2:42 pm
by Kurt in S.A.
This should be his page:

http://robfrankham.co.uk/bike/bike_index.htm

Kurt in S.A.

Re: I need a little charging help.

Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 2:48 pm
by enigmaT120
Kurt in S.A. wrote:Got you covered. This will solve all your problems!

See! Who needs Rob! :lol:
Kurt in S.A.
Ah, that worked. My moral rectifyer was missing.

Re: I need a little charging help.

Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 3:00 pm
by Kurt in S.A.
Every Airhead owner should own the booklet by Rick Jones from Motorrad Elektrik on Boxer Charging. That has all the diagrams and steps you need to troubleshoot the charging system. Well worth it.

Kurt in S.A.