Woohoo, I bought my 1st Harley and I'm riding it everyday. It's tough to keep the bugs outta my teeth with this grin! It figures though, I just registered it and the day after I take the paper off of it, the volt meter in the fairing starts to fall off. Normally after startup, I see the voltage up around 14 or so. Now though it's barely at 11 volts after startup and after about 50- 60 miles it'll drop down to just under 10 and stay there.
Here's the weird thing though; it runs just fine all the while. Of course if I stop the engine after the meter reads below 10 volts, the battery can't crank it over to restart.
I've been reading around but have yet to find another post with exactly the same symptoms. I know my way around a tool box and prefer to do my own work when I can. I'm just not sure where the problem lies with this set of symptoms: Stator, Rectifier, or Battery.
I'd sure appreciate a point in the right direction.
Here's a little more info on the bike if you think it'll help to know:
2002 Electra Glide (EFI) police bike. Located in Denver, CO.
29K miles on it. 1450cc. Screamin' Eagle air intake & pipes, everything else is stock as I was told.
Here's the weird thing though; it runs just fine all the while. Of course if I stop the engine after the meter reads below 10 volts, the battery can't crank it over to restart.
I've been reading around but have yet to find another post with exactly the same symptoms. I know my way around a tool box and prefer to do my own work when I can. I'm just not sure where the problem lies with this set of symptoms: Stator, Rectifier, or Battery.
I'd sure appreciate a point in the right direction.
Here's a little more info on the bike if you think it'll help to know:
2002 Electra Glide (EFI) police bike. Located in Denver, CO.
29K miles on it. 1450cc. Screamin' Eagle air intake & pipes, everything else is stock as I was told.