Okay, so I've run into an issue I am having some trouble diagnosing...
Symptoms: The bike starts to die once it gets hotter. It won't hold the idle and has even died while in motion
- I would give it more gas and the revs just wouldn't climb. It just slowly looses power till she stalls out.
-Once she dies, kick-starting it will barely get it going if at all.
Here is the odd part. If I let the bike cool off, it starts right up!
Here are my thoughts on what it could be thus far:
- Battery is not holding charge. I've ordered a ballistic battery(been planing on getting it any way) to see if that helps. My current battery is a re-fill-able liquid type, and I've used two different ones and both have the same problem.
- Charging system is somehow not charging or loosing charge/draining the battery. I've tested the system using a multi-meter and she reads about 12 volts while at idle and climbs while revving in neutral. My understanding is that if the volts climb while revving it, that means the charging system is at least working. Could it be a bad reg?
- The coils?
Could they be heating up to the point that they don't work?
She only started having this problem after the re-build(to the best of my knowledge) so I'm wondering if something could be wired up wrong or maybe the timing on the points isn't accurate enough?
Any ideas would be great.
Oh, and a new blade-type fuse box is already on it's way
- I picked up a six blade block so there is an extra fuse slot for my eventual usb charger