Anyone Have Experiance With Weak Charging System On Their TLR

[tiller]

I have recently replaced the battery, rectifier and stator and I am still having issues with weak charging. I have heard that there can be problems with the wiring harness in general, does anyone have any experiance with this on TLs

[tls25rs]

Got the same problem on my TL. The only thing I have seen is the same thing you mentioned that the wiring harnesses are not so well put together on our bikes. I have yet to pull mine apart and fix all the connection points, maybe next winter for something to do.

Have you checked out tlzone.net (formerly tlplanet)? There are a ton of TL owners over there that have a wealth of knowledge about the bike.

L8R

Joel

[Stoneman]

Wish I could chime in with something helpful here. TL's in general (S's & R's both) seem to be afflicted with this. My battery only lasted 3 years. From what I've been learning, I'm not in the minority...

Alfred put a manual light switch on his that turns the headlight OFF all together. Pretty slick...

[tiller]

well I have since found out that it had nothing to do with the lights and while the lights do draw a decent amount of power from the system it still should have been some what close, the replacement stator I had put in was bad when tested I was only getting 40VAC across each leg of the stator so no more aftermarket stuff for me when it comes to charging systems, I replaced that one with an OEM one I purchased from RonAyers.com and I also swapped out the stock power and ground cables with something a bit heavier gauge, when tested I was getting slightly better results than what the service manual quoted so I am happy again.

I appreciate everyone trying to help and put there two cents in, dont have a whole lot of twin owners out where I am let alone TL owners, thanks guys.

[beet]

Originally posted by Stoneman
Wish I could chime in with something helpful here. TL's in general (S's & R's both) seem to be afflicted with this. My battery only lasted 3 years. From what I've been learning, I'm not in the minority...

Alfred put a manual light switch on his that turns the headlight OFF all together. Pretty slick...

i put a fresh when i got mine so im on my 2nd .
turning the light off will help when it's warming up you taking & not giving back .till about 4000 rpms .
the way ive seen you beat on that bike im not suprized