voltage

I know i've read threw most of the posts about this, but I just don't understand what is going on. Help me out? The skinny: From engine: Black - field coil ground? Green - field coil 3 whites- ac current I have the r292 VR, the magnet works when energized directly from battery, green receiving...

Time for new battery or can I just top 'er up with distilled water? Apparently <1 year old as of PO. All the levels are way different and around 1/2 full or so. Has died 3 times in the last week and a half due due to my cranking over and over while tinkering and not taking her out for a ride...

I have what I thought was a regulator issue with my 1980 xs400G, but I just replaced the regulator and I'm getting the same behavior, so I'm wondering if it could be something else. Here's the story: - I've got a topped off battery that reads 12.5V across the terminals - When I put the key in...

Hello everyone. Its a sad day here in Calgary... our first snowfall of the year. I finished building my XS400 a few months ago and ever since Ive got it out riding I keep burning out headlight bulbs. The headlight is aftermarket. Consistantly with all the bulbs when I run the lowbeam it will...

So I wrote about this last week and since 3 of us have had the same issues, I figured it's time for pictures. I lost my voltage regulator. It shorted out and then the bike lost tons of volts with the key on. I could trickle charge it over night but it bothered me how much I was losing power...