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started out on a ride today headed north, plan was to do Sandwich Notch, Tripoli Road, Bear Notch, Jefferson Notch, Success Pond, and York Pond, never made it that far
the last half mile of Tripoli Road, forst I hear my radar detector making funny noises, then look at my tach and it's sitting at zero and my volt meter was at about 10.5
while still coasting, I managed to restart it, volts went up to 11, then 12 I headed back south on Rt 3, and at 3000-3500rpm, the volt meter climbed back to 12.3-12.4, noshere near the 14.8 that it normally runs at but at least above 12, I decided with the 12v that I would get on 93, as soon as I got on 93, it dropped to 11.7, 11.4 then back to 12+ so I stayed on the highway, figured I'd stay on till Tilton then take 140 home. as I rode south, it kept fluctuating from low 11.x to 12.x then about 5 miles from Tilton it started dropping, down to 10.5, then down to 9.8 and about a mile from the exit, it died with only 8.6 volts, the last mile to the exit is all downhill, I coasted to the exit ramp
got off bike and started pushing, up the off ramp, then over the bridge toward 140
about this time a guy on a Harley with his wife that were sporting Christian Motocycle Assn patched on their gear stopped and offerend assistance, when I told him I had al elecrical problem and not out of gas, he offered to go home and come back with his trailer, I coasted down to the McD's parking lot and waited, about an hour later, he arrived and trailerd me home
cool dude, we swapped stories about trips to Deals Gap etc.
Hopefully, its only a bad RR and not a bad stator
only took 2 pic along the way
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Originally Posted by Ćheese
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