Oh No!!!!!! Not Again...

[brianinpa]

I have been told, never tried it, that if you pull the fuse for the head light, a fully charged battery will last about 300 miles. I think I would pull every fuse that wasn't needed and buy a charger and see how far I could get until the battery needed charging again. The bad part would be if the charge gave up while you were in the plains of Kansas or in Death Valley.

 

[Piper]

I don't know about 300 miles, but I had the stator fail on a 750K a few years ago and stopped at W/M and bought a new battery, pulled the fuses, and it got me home easily, about 100 miles. I forget, did you use a used stator when you replaced it or did you buy a new one?

 

[bperschnick]

Hey, that reminds me of where my 86 broke down...

The bad part would be if the charge gave up while you were in the plains of Kansas or in Death Valley.

About 5 miles west of Medicine Lodge Kansas on Hwy 160.


Brad

 

[brianinpa]

Piper » Thu Jun 05, 2014 7:09 am[/url]":3p8iikjo]
I don't know about 300 miles, but I had the stator fail on a 750K a few years ago and stopped at W/M and bought a new battery, pulled the fuses, and it got me home easily, about 100 miles. I forget, did you use a used stator when you replaced it or did you buy a new one?

I used one from a 1000 motor I had sitting in the shop. This time I am going with brand new and probably changing the rectifier also.

 

[Piper]

Sounds like a good plan. Too bad it happened right at the beginning of great riding weather.

 

[brianinpa]

Piper » Thu Jun 05, 2014 12:59 pm[/url]":b0n6uesi]
Sounds like a good plan. Too bad it happened right at the beginning of great riding weather.

Yeah Piper, but that is where is it nice to have more than one to ride!

 

[skiri251]

Sorry to hear about it.
I replaced mine last year also. Now I started worrying.
Which brand did you use?

 

[brianinpa]

OEM from a 78 1000 motor. I took a chance and lost.

 

[skiri251]

Oh I see.
Hopefully my ELECTROSPORT stator is what it is said to be..