Hi! newbie here from lowell

[millcitycbr]

Hello everybody, newbie from lowell looking for some help. I have a 03 cbr600rr that doesn't start. Replaced the battery and regulator and after riding for 2hours I shut it off and try to start it 10mins later and it won't. I was told on another forum that there's some ppl here that would prolly help me out. I think its the stator now but wanna make sure b4 buying it. I don't know how to test it so I'm wwondering if there's anyone here willing to help. Thanks in advance

[Sportygurl131]

welcome... head down to bike night in lowelll (going on now)
near the flag... im sure alot of nesr folks there could tell you some ideas

[Sheppo]

Did anyone help you out yet?

[millcitycbr]

No not yet but if u can plz let me know cuz I'm suppose to go to a mechanic today and let him test it for 30 bucks

[KillBill]

Sounds to me like you got a bad (new) battery that wasn't properly charged

[millcitycbr]

thats what i'm thinking cuz i did some voltage tests to it and doesnt seem like its has enough volts...

[gixxersixxer]

A lot of batteries don't come charged and that first charge is essential to the battery's life so call whoever you got the battery from and ask them if their batteries come prepped and charged

[ɹǝʍoןandɹǝʍoן]

use this flow chart, helped me a bunch of times:

http://www.electrosport.com/technica...ng-diagram.pdf

hth

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Hello everybody, newbie from lowell looking for some help. I have a 03 cbr600rr that doesn't start. Replaced the battery and regulator and after riding for 2hours I shut it off and try to start it 10mins later and it won't. I was told on another forum that there's some ppl here that would prolly help me out. I think its the stator now but wanna make sure b4 buying it. I don't know how to test it so I'm wwondering if there's anyone here willing to help. Thanks in advance

I'm in Dracut if you want to borrow a battery charger and see if that helps. It sounds like a dead battery.

Keith

[millcitycbr]

Thanx but I have a charger

[scubasteveRR]

from working on a similar issue with my 05 600RR i saw a lot of threads on www.600RR.net for 2003-2004 models where the regulator goes. It is the black box with fins on it on the left side of the bike. I believe it regulates the charging of the battery from the stator

I would take a look at this, I'm not sure how to test it off the top of my head but i do have the full repair manual for 03-06 RR's if you need a copy I can upload the file on a fileshare for you to download.

[scubasteveRR]

You also might want to make a thread particularly looking for help since most people might skip over an intro post that would click and look at a "help me repair this" post.

Have you been on www.600RR.net at all?

If you are still having issue after the weekend PM me and I can take a spin up and try to trouble shoot with ya too.

[millcitycbr]

I tested it myself and the stator seems to be ok and the battery seems to not have enough voltage but I don't really know cuz I'm not a mechanic. So I took it to a mechanic and did the same test I did and said the stator and r/r was good so it must be the battery..so he took out the battery and tried a different one and saw that the battery was kinda bubbled on the side...stupid me I prolly overcharged it and didn't notice it when I put it back in...it was a cheap battery anyways, I guess u get what u pay for($50). Anyways thanks for everyones help!

[JohnnyV]

from working on a similar issue with my 05 600RR i saw a lot of threads on www.600RR.net for 2003-2004 models where the regulator goes. It is the black box with fins on it on the left side of the bike. I believe it regulates the charging of the battery from the stator

I would take a look at this, I'm not sure how to test it off the top of my head but i do have the full repair manual for 03-06 RR's if you need a copy I can upload the file on a fileshare for you to download.

Damn, CBR's are STILL having regulator/rectifier issues these days? It was a common problem on my '93. I would have thought Honda would have figured this out after all these years.

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I tested it myself and the stator seems to be ok and the battery seems to not have enough voltage but I don't really know cuz I'm not a mechanic. So I took it to a mechanic and did the same test I did and said the stator and r/r was good so it must be the battery..so he took out the battery and tried a different one and saw that the battery was kinda bubbled on the side...stupid me I prolly overcharged it and didn't notice it when I put it back in...it was a cheap battery anyways, I guess u get what u pay for($50). Anyways thanks for everyones help!

are you using a battery tender to charge it, or a different trickle charger.

like i said before i have like 3 chargers, 2 batter tenders and a generic 12V charger. the generic will over charge if you let it while the batter tenders will slightly overcharge, then hold the voltage.

i am the next town over if you want to give it a try.

Keith

[butcher bergs]

1 to 2 amp charge for no less than 8 hrs and no more than 12 hrs.

FWIW; I've been using the same automotive style charger for many years without issue.

[scubasteveRR]

Glad you got it all sorted out, give me a holla sometime if you wanna go out riding, Lowell's only 25 mins north of me. I know some pretty good roads between Lowell and Bolton also

Damn, CBR's are STILL having regulator/rectifier issues these days? It was a common problem on my '93. I would have thought Honda would have figured this out after all these years.

I guess the first gen:600RR "03-04" have this issue a lot. I haven't heard of any issues with the regulator/rectifier in 2005's and above though.

[millcitycbr]

i have one of those chargers from walmart where u can charge different size batteries but thanx anyways. i wanna go ride this weekend if any of u guys wanna, lets meet up somewhere. not really sure if the r/r was a problem in the first place, so i prolly spent $150 for nothing

[millcitycbr]

Scubasteve, me and my friends wanna go foer a ride on sun. But don't know any good back roads. Maybeu can show.us a few and if anybody else wanna meet p that's kewl too

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Scubasteve, me and my friends wanna go foer a ride on sun. But don't know any good back roads. Maybeu can show.us a few and if anybody else wanna meet p that's kewl too

where you thinking about leaving from?

[millcitycbr]

lowell

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lowell

i meant specifically, im out anyway, something came up...

check out the pelham, hudson, derry nh backroads. you will not be disappointed.

[Loun]

Glad you got the bike issues worked out.

I am also in Dracut and always looking for people to ride with. I just moved back from CT and my 2 friends I rode with here in Dracut both dont have working bikes so im typically solo. I dont ride crazily but I can typically keep up. Toss me on a list if you are looking for someone to ride with.

-Lou

[millcitycbr]

Lou. U up for a ride rite now?

[Loun]

I am trying to figure out what im doing i wanted to hit up the beach but looks like rain at 9ish what did you have in mind? if you have AIM im BLABSCOM if you have Yahoo im OMYGOSHCOM hit me up