Im hoping you all can help me
Today i went to wexford and my 99 v tech super 4 ran great all the way then on the way back the bike died at the lights without much warning and the battery ran flat i managed to push start it and it ran fine for a while then started backfiring/spitting and the battery ran flat again the batterys only new the bike has been getting me to fas regulary but first long trip it gets and this happens the clocks and dash die before the bike does everything but the timeclock on dash danm dangerous.
Ive had a problem with a battery before this it ran flat 1 year old battery and the cells were dry as a bone inside the battery it also blew a fuse in the soilenoid switch before but i put this down to me powerhosing the bike .
She also has t tripswitch fitted but this isint faulty we did a test with a multimeter.
Any ideas lads?

Check the regulater/rectifier they can break down when hot can also goose the battery at the same time

It was the regulator/rec was burnt out lucky had a spare opened up old 1 for a look and saw some black inside did a few tests with a multimeter afterward on the battery learned a fair bit from it .
talk about puttin it in an unaccessible place on the super four right near rear swingarm n behind the wheel one of the bolts snapped that was holding it in but was very lucky me da welded a snot on the end and it came out with a small vise grips afterward.

berno2020 wrote:It was the regulator/rec was burnt out lucky had a spare opened up old 1 for a look and saw some black inside did a few tests with a multimeter afterward on the battery learned a fair bit from it .
talk about puttin it in an unaccessible place on the super four right near rear swingarm n behind the wheel one of the bolts snapped that was holding it in but was very lucky me da welded a snot on the end and it came out with a small vise grips afterward.

Not sure but that snapped bolt just might have caused your problem the reg/rec needs to be firmly grounded so as to disperce the heat generated through getting rid of the extra current generated by dumping it through the frame.

Maybe it did i always suspected it even from the day i got the bike was in an unaccessible place tho only until it started giving problems did i check the bikes running great now even got a decent light off the headlight and dash now.