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Title: Just an update
Post by: mr2u on March 31, 2021, 01:18:15 AM

Old member, but been quiet for a few years. Bought a GL1800 F6B and kind of forgot about the St1300 for a few years. Good news is i dragged her out this week, and apart from a rookie mistake jump starting her, she is runnung like a dream. i had forgotten how mush fun it was to ride the ST.

Title: Re: Just an update
Post by: Bodø on March 31, 2021, 01:36:04 AM

Hello and welcome (back) from Adelaide   :hatwave

Quote from: mr2u on March 31, 2021, 01:18:15 AM

They say money cant buy happiness, but i say it can get you a damn good bike!

I always say money may not buy happiness but it can buy a life of misery I could learn to live with.

Title: Re: Just an update
Post by: Wild Rose on March 31, 2021, 05:14:33 AM

Welcome back to OzSTOC  :like

Title: Re: Just an update
Post by: West Aussie Glen on March 31, 2021, 09:31:31 AM

What did or didn't you do to fry the alternator?

Title: Re: Just an update
Post by: Shiney on March 31, 2021, 02:46:55 PM

Welcome back mr2u :hatwave

Title: Re: Just an update
Post by: mr2u on April 01, 2021, 07:24:59 AM

Quote from: West Aussie Glen on March 31, 2021, 09:31:31 AM

What did or didn't you do to fry the alternator?

I hooked up the battery wrong. It blew the main 65 amp fuse and I thought, "ok that was my bad". I fixed the fuse and everything seemed fine. Put in a fully charged new battery and the bike ran as if nothing was wrong ....... Till the battery went flat in the middle of a ride.

Title: Re: Just an update
Post by: Gadget on April 01, 2021, 09:01:26 AM

That sounds like the diodes in the alternator were cooked by the reverse battery.

Semiconductors are really good at protecting fuses. :grin

A good Auto-electrician should be able to replace the diodes.


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Title: Re: Just an update
Post by: Brock on April 01, 2021, 12:28:32 PM

You should be able to replace the regulator rectifier unit, new wont be cheap.