zixaq
Elite Member
I'm getting ready to go get my bike towed home, but once I get it here I need to get it troubleshot and repaired quickly as it's my primary mode of transportation.
Long version:
My bike started to do a whining/whistling noise yesterday that increased with engine revs, reproducible on center stand. I needed to go meet a friend visiting from out of town, so I put the troubleshooting on hold and went to dinner. After dinner, bike started but had check engine light on. I turned it off and tried to restart it, and it did the typical super low battery symptoms of sadness. I bumpstarted it three times, but it wouldn't stay running, which makes me think the charging system is bad. Battery is an 18-month old shorai lithium, replaced at the same time as a bad stator last spring. I saw a reference to a whining noise being associated with a bum stator on a few other motors and wondered if anyone here had experienced similar things, and if there is anything that might explain a brand new stator crapping out in barely more than a year. (assuming that really is the issue. My multimeter is ready)
Does our bike have a crappy R/R that I should upgrade/replace?
Short version:
Bike doesn't start or stay running when bumpstarted
Whining noise pitch matched to revs started same day (related?)
Suspected bad stator, but stator replaced a year ago. Other things to check?
Long version:
My bike started to do a whining/whistling noise yesterday that increased with engine revs, reproducible on center stand. I needed to go meet a friend visiting from out of town, so I put the troubleshooting on hold and went to dinner. After dinner, bike started but had check engine light on. I turned it off and tried to restart it, and it did the typical super low battery symptoms of sadness. I bumpstarted it three times, but it wouldn't stay running, which makes me think the charging system is bad. Battery is an 18-month old shorai lithium, replaced at the same time as a bad stator last spring. I saw a reference to a whining noise being associated with a bum stator on a few other motors and wondered if anyone here had experienced similar things, and if there is anything that might explain a brand new stator crapping out in barely more than a year. (assuming that really is the issue. My multimeter is ready)
Does our bike have a crappy R/R that I should upgrade/replace?
Short version:
Bike doesn't start or stay running when bumpstarted
Whining noise pitch matched to revs started same day (related?)
Suspected bad stator, but stator replaced a year ago. Other things to check?