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If you have an older motorcycle, you have likely run into electrical troubles. If you’re lucky, more often than not it is just the battery. But for the unfortunate ones, finding the source of an electrical gremlin can be a nightmare. The basic motorcycle electrical system consists of three main components, the battery, the alternator, and the regulator/rectifier. The alternator creates the electricity by converting kinetic energy into electrical to charge the battery. The battery stores the energy, while the regulator keeps the voltage from overcharging the battery, and the rectifier converts current from AC to DC. If anyone of these components fails, it can have the owner chasing their tail to diagnose the problem. For help with diagnostics, ElectrSport has provided a PDF flow chart to aid in finding a solution to your problem. Riders Discount offers a solution to whatever your problem requires by having stators, regulator/rectifiers, and batteries available. ElectroSport includes a 12-month warranty against defects in workmanship or materials. If you need help with installation, be sure to ask your Riders Discount salesman about picking up a Clymer manual for your bike. For more information, or if you'd like to place an order give MIKE a call at 866.931.6644 ext. 804. You can also send a PM through this forum, or an email to FORUM at RIDERSDISCOUNT dot COM and we’ll get back to you right away!

Buell 1125CR 1.) Recently had stator rewind and rotor upgrade. Assembled everything back together myself. 2.) Purchase new Shorai battery, lights turned on, bike turned over a couple times, then battery went completely dead. Could not get any voltage readings out of it. 3.) Contacted Shorai for warranty exchange, they sent me a brand new battery, checked with multimeter, readings were good, hooked up to the bike and this is what is happening: Sound at 1 second is bike turning on. Sound at 5 seconds is flipping kill switch to on. Sound at 8 seconds is something near the battery area (there is a box there with start and ignition printed on it, sounds like click is coming from there). Sound at 9 seconds is when I hit yellow ignition button. Sounds like squelch is coming from that same relay box. I put my ear down toward the sprag clutch area and didn't hear anything mechanical. Sounds like it is electrical and not mechanical.