![]() Triumph and other bike manufacturers down size the wiring in the bike to save on cost, size, weight or what ever thinking it should be OK but, In the real world, it isn't. Upon further investigation, I found the same thing I found in the other bikes -the output wires from the regulator were ok size but once plugged into the actual bike wiring, it shrunk ALOT and ran the long way to the battery. I grabbed the output wires of the regulator to test the voltage there and WHOA - they're fairly toasty.that's not good (hot wires are a dead on sign of either a bad ground or undersized wires.) Tested tha battery, and it read fine (12.6ish)įired up the bike and voltage is riding in the 13.3-.5ish. One of my checks is to alway test the charging system.so I took the seat off (HEY, that's where the owners manual is.) and broke out the trusty fluke meter. I bought an 04 Daytona last weekend.upon arriving home, I gave the bike a good going over. I learned that in order for a charging system to work & charge properly you not only need a good voltage generator & storage source - the connecting system has to be solid, clean and generally over sized. I have owned a few bikes in the past and ALL - VTX, VFR, FJR, KTM have had what I consider a weak charging system.Ī short personal history: I spent 15 years of my life designing and building high amperage electrical systems for automotive applications. Those that have been following the "Interesting Battery Problem" thread (high voltage cutoff for starting efi bikes problem) may find the following interesting. ![]() ![]() ![]() Happened across this thread that suggests voltage and stability are not what they could be on many bikes including Triumphs due to guage of wire being to small (and wire too long) in a critical part of the charging system. ![]()
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