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I know you've got a good deal more bike experience than me, so I'm not gonna shoot myself in the foot by saying you're wrong about this, but...it doesn't make much sense to me. If your bike relies on constantly discharging your battery, how is it that the battery stays charged? For that matter, this would seem to imply that my bike would not stay running if I jump a dead battery...which is *worse* than no battery because now my stator is diverting current to charge the battery as well, which is a heavier load on it than no battery at all.Originally posted by Degsy
I beg to differ. Start your bike then disconnect the battery. You won't get very far before the bike dies. A stator will not run your bike for very long with no battery.
Derek
The only thing I could think of is that the AC ripple off the stator is too severe, and so the battery is used similar to a filter capacitor, to smooth out the dips. Seems like an awful strain to put on your battery to have it constantly charging and discharging though, and I wouldn't expect the ripple to be that extreme that your bike would die...