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Title: Check your connectors.
Post by: hzbloke on March 08, 2024, 07:28:39 PM: 2008 Breva 750.

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It's the connector between the alternator and the regulator. The problem has been talked about on this forum several times and Brad The Bike Boy has a good page on it here: https://www.bikeboy.org/chargingsystemdiagnostic.html

I didn't read any of these until after I had broken down.

The spade connectors and some of the wire corrodes and stops conducting electricity. I had no apparent problems or early warning signs. The bike started and ran beautifully for a 30km ride. When I went to start it again the battery was clearly flat. It showed about 10v but the bike started easily with a jump start. A smarter person would have noticed that the volts didn't go up when the bike was revved. I got about 5km before it stopped again.

Check your connectors.
Title: Re: Check your connectors.
Post by: normzone on March 08, 2024, 08:35:09 PM: (insert expletive of your choosing here)!

I saw that top image and I thought that sea urchin roe had got into the bike ...
Title: Re: Check your connectors.
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on March 09, 2024, 06:47:22 AM: I've sang the praises of Caig DeOxit for years. And years. It falls on deaf ears, mostly, but I can't begin to number the things I've fixed with it. Expensive, and worth every penny.
Title: Re: Check your connectors.
Post by: sign216 on March 09, 2024, 06:50:47 AM: I had that on my '09 V7. Fortunately I have a voltage gauge, and that gave me an early warning. The bad connector is in the harness along the main frame, directly under the fuel tank. The factory put out a notice about the problem connector, but their "fix" is to zip tie the connector tight, to stop arcing of the loose connection. Not sufficient. I ended up soldering the joint.

Joe

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Title: Re: Check your connectors.
Post by: Wayne Orwig on March 09, 2024, 08:20:10 AM: Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on March 09, 2024, 06:47:22 AM
I've sang the praises of Caig DeOxit for years. And years. It falls on deaf ears, mostly, but I can't begin to number the things I've fixed with it. Expensive, and worth every penny.

Where is that LIKE button.

Some people would smear insulating dielectric grease on that and think they helped it. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Check your connectors.
Post by: Guzzistajohn on March 09, 2024, 08:34:13 AM: I've sang the praises of Caig DeOxit for years. And years. It falls on deaf ears, mostly, but I can't begin to number the things I've fixed with it. Expensive, and worth every penny.

I heard 'ya Chuck. I wish I'd known about that stuff when I was into power mobility equipment.
Title: Re: Check your connectors.
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on March 09, 2024, 02:35:17 PM: Quote from: Guzzistajohn on March 09, 2024, 08:34:13 AM
I've sang the praises of Caig DeOxit for years. And years. It falls on deaf ears, mostly, but I can't begin to number the things I've fixed with it. Expensive, and worth every penny.

I heard 'ya Chuck. I wish I'd known about that stuff when I was into power mobility equipment.

One of Dorcia's friends husband had a dead mobility scooter. Couldn't find *anyone* to work on it. Squirted the ignition switch, and it came to life and gave an error code for the reversing switch. Squirted that, and it's been running ever since. :smiley: Got a filet dinner out of that one..but fixing my Mondo expensive TIG welder was the last big one.
Title: Re: Check your connectors.
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on March 09, 2024, 06:41:46 PM: A customer's crusty Jackal will likely use the whole can.