Starter Rebuilt--working great. Somethings up with my battery.

[motorcyclezen]

Got my starter rebuilt and re-installed and the bike cranks better than ever. However, I seem to have a problem with my battery.

I have about 1400 miles on the bike and new maintennance-free battery. Checked the voltage across the terminals with the bike running at idle and also at 5K. Pretty steady 14.6V.

I noticed that some of my fuses were loose, so I tightened the clamps. I also noticed that a couple of the wires from the stator to the RR were in need of re-crimping and connecting. Is there anything I should do before I replace the battery so this doesn't happen again?

Brewski gave me a nice Buss fuse panel that really snaps those things in tight. Maybe I need to wire it in and install it perhaps?

Any electrical upgrade advice will be greatly appreciated.

Ed--

[h2olawyer]

All sounds good with your charging & electrics.  14.5V (+/- .5V) is the spec.

The OEM fuse panel should be replaced.  Surprised you got the prongs tighter without breaking at least one of them off.  That said, I still use the OEM panel except for the 30A main which had one of the prongs break.  I wired in an inline 30A fuse holder that uses a newer style mini fuse.

As for the attachment of stator to R/R wires, some say to solder them.  I prefer the Posi-Loc connectors personally, since I can take the connections apart to do the tests when I have stator or R/R issues.

For other electrical upgrades, just go through the bike and thoroughly clean every connector.  Dipping them in CLR (yes, the household cleaner) for a few minutes, then rinsing them, letting them dry & putting them back together is one of the preferred methods. (I used dielectric silicone grease on the more weather exposed connections.)

H₂O

[inanecathode]

For what its worth you can still buy fuse holder ends at any auto parts store.