My bike has 0.3 miles on it, I dropped it, and now it won't start. HELP!!

[steveindenmark]

Originally Posted by thealiasofMarc

You sir, are what we call in America a DOUCHE BAG.

I will take that on the chin.

We all drop bikes at one time or another BUT when you got your new bike was you not just that little bit careful when you first got it???

Its when you get used to the bike and confident that you make mistakes and it ends up on the floor.

If its on the floor during the "careful" stage, it does not sound good.

Steve

[Cali rider]

Originally Posted by DefyInertia

So where does the 5K figure that reputable memebers like 04fizzer and rennsport always mention come from? I thought the manual mentioned this.

Either way, you need ot be holding it above 2200 or just riding it and keeping it above 2200, right?

The service manual states a value for the "charging system" of 14 V/310 W at 5,000 r/min. This is what most people seem to refer to. My own measurements show that this max. output occurs at a lower engine speed, and I am confident in the results I obtained as being accurate. The voltage across the 3 poles of the alternator rises smoothly with engine speed, without any limits up to 10K RPM, where I stopped measurement. The R/R is the control point, using internal circuitry to switch the output on-off at the value listed above. There is no way to adjust this device from the outside, and I would imagine it would require component changes on a circuit board.

I varied the electrical load during my test by turning signals and high beams on and off, and I observed that even as the current load would change the output leaving the R/R would stay steady. The R/R would begin switching at 14V regardless of load, and the excess output from the alternator is dissipated as heat from the heatsink.

The only conclusion I could come up with is that there is just 4A of headroom for charging the battery, powering a heated vest, etc. If someone wanted to take a R/R from a different bike (like a FJR) and wire it in, there would be more potential current, but I have not tried this as I don't need it.

Originally Posted by DefyInertia

One other question, is there anything you don't know? I'm just going to start posting your contact information when people post questions.

I'll take that as a compliment. I try to be helpful when I am sure I have my facts straight, but I don't want to be "that guy" who just replies to everything posted.

[clunk]

Originally Posted by thealiasofMarc

My camera just died on me, so I'll post some pics as soon as I get a new one!

This is just not your week. I was gonna ask if you dropped that too, but feared the "Douchebag" label ...

[thealiasofMarc]

Originally Posted by clunk

This is just not your week. I was gonna ask if you dropped that too, but feared the "Douchebag" label ...

Nah, the camera died peacefully in it's sleep of old age... time for a new one.

So I just went outside to look about roughing up my tires a bit (I think I'm going to use a light-duty wire brush) only to notice some sort of oily residue toward the edges of the rear tire!! Aghhh! (I'm thinking chain lube or something from when they assembled the bike...) those freakin bastards. No wonder I went down the first time I tried to lean it over! This probably also explains what happened in that famous YouTube video...

This is my life.

[Hellgate]

Originally Posted by thealiasofMarc

Nah, the camera died peacefully in it's sleep of old age... time for a new one.

So I just went outside to look about roughing up my tires a bit (I think I'm going to use a light-duty wire brush) only to notice some sort of oily residue toward the edges of the rear tire!! Aghhh! (I'm thinking chain lube or something from when they assembled the bike...) those freakin bastards. No wonder I went down the first time I tried to lean it over! This probably also explains what happened in that famous YouTube video...

This is my life.

Don't feel too bad, it happens to the best of us.

My wife and I had ridden from L.A. to the Nevada border on I-17 and pulled into "Whiskey Pete's" for some .25 cent hot dogs and .25 cent soda's (we were poor students in 1986) and the rear end of my GS1100 slid out at 5 mph on the brand new parking lot. I scraped my ankle down to the bone and the 750 lbs of "us" pinned me.

It happens....

[VEGASRIDER]

Originally Posted by Hellgate

Don't feel too bad, it happens to the best of us.

My wife and I had ridden from L.A. to the Nevada border on I-17 and pulled into "Whiskey Pete's" for some .25 cent hot dogs and .25 cent soda's (we were poor students in 1986) and the rear end of my GS1100 slid out at 5 mph on the brand new parking lot. I scraped my ankle down to the bone and the 750 lbs of "us" pinned me.

It happens....

You mean I-15.....I-17 runs n-s from Mexico and ends in Flagstaff, AZ.

[reiobard]

the wife has dropped any new bike she gets within a week of getting them, it is uncanny, but it does happen.