OK, this is my first bike and I am hoping to learn how it all goes together and works (and for clarity I do most of my own work on my car).
The bike: 1985 Honda Shadow VT700C w/ less than 11K miles. I bought it about a month ago for $1300 and as I am not yet licensed (only permit) I had a friend ride it 45 miles to my place. I started riding it shortly after that, just short trips around the neighborhood. The last ride before the issue was a nice 20+ mile ride down country highways.
I needed gas and stopped to fill up … at that point it wouldn’t start. Luckily I had a friend show up with a jump pack. It would start and keep idle on the jump pack, but would die almost immediately when the jump pack was disconnected. Thank fully the jump pack was small enough I could sit on it and ride it home the 4+ miles I would have had to push it.
I took the battery off and it looks new.
Tested the battery and the charge was very low, but the auto store said the load test was fine. So I charged it up at home. In the mean time I did some testing of the stator and rectifier.
Ohm check on the stator shows (200 setting on the multi-meter):
Wire 1 and Wire 2: .3-.6
Wire 1 and Wire 3: .4-.6
Wire 2 and Wire 3: .4-.6
ACV check on the stator at idle (200V setting on the multi-meter):
Wire 1 and Wire 2: 4.1
Wire 1 and Wire 3: 5.3
Wire 2 and Wire 3: 5.4
ACV check on the stator at REV (200V setting on the multi-meter):
Wire 1 and Wire 2: 7.0+
Wire 1 and Wire 3: 7.4+
Wire 2 and Wire 3: 7.0+
Rectifier Check diode test:
Red to Battery positive:
Wire 1 = 0
Wire 2 = 0
Wire 3 = 0
Black to Battery Positive:
Wire 1 = .656
Wire 2 = .695
Wire 3 = .687
Red to Battery Negative:
Wire 1 = .678
Wire 2 = .644
Wire 3 = .672
Back to Battery Negative:
Wire 1 = 0
Wire 2 = 0
Wire 3 = 0
Battery after a 2 hour charge: 12.33V , at idle 11.6 (falling), REV 11.58 (steady)
With the exception of the battery after charge, I believe everything looks OK … Sound right?
The bike: 1985 Honda Shadow VT700C w/ less than 11K miles. I bought it about a month ago for $1300 and as I am not yet licensed (only permit) I had a friend ride it 45 miles to my place. I started riding it shortly after that, just short trips around the neighborhood. The last ride before the issue was a nice 20+ mile ride down country highways.
I needed gas and stopped to fill up … at that point it wouldn’t start. Luckily I had a friend show up with a jump pack. It would start and keep idle on the jump pack, but would die almost immediately when the jump pack was disconnected. Thank fully the jump pack was small enough I could sit on it and ride it home the 4+ miles I would have had to push it.
I took the battery off and it looks new.
Tested the battery and the charge was very low, but the auto store said the load test was fine. So I charged it up at home. In the mean time I did some testing of the stator and rectifier.
Ohm check on the stator shows (200 setting on the multi-meter):
Wire 1 and Wire 2: .3-.6
Wire 1 and Wire 3: .4-.6
Wire 2 and Wire 3: .4-.6
ACV check on the stator at idle (200V setting on the multi-meter):
Wire 1 and Wire 2: 4.1
Wire 1 and Wire 3: 5.3
Wire 2 and Wire 3: 5.4
ACV check on the stator at REV (200V setting on the multi-meter):
Wire 1 and Wire 2: 7.0+
Wire 1 and Wire 3: 7.4+
Wire 2 and Wire 3: 7.0+
Rectifier Check diode test:
Red to Battery positive:
Wire 1 = 0
Wire 2 = 0
Wire 3 = 0
Black to Battery Positive:
Wire 1 = .656
Wire 2 = .695
Wire 3 = .687
Red to Battery Negative:
Wire 1 = .678
Wire 2 = .644
Wire 3 = .672
Back to Battery Negative:
Wire 1 = 0
Wire 2 = 0
Wire 3 = 0
Battery after a 2 hour charge: 12.33V , at idle 11.6 (falling), REV 11.58 (steady)
With the exception of the battery after charge, I believe everything looks OK … Sound right?
