I am having charging problems with 85 vulcan 700. I have replaced the battery and r/r and when I hook up the meter the stator checks out ok. Talking to a couple of people at work they told me that the stator could be bad even though it read ok on the meter(something about when I start the bike things could change) so they told me to start the bike and disconnect the battery and if the bike stayed running the stator is ok and if it died the stator is bad. Has anyone ever heard of this? When the bike is running and I put the meter to the battery posts I get anywhere from 11v to 14.5 volts. I does not matter if I am at idle or revving the engine, the meter just kinda jumps around and after about a minute or so the meter jumps down to 0v. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
Bob
Thanks
Bob