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Yep - Mine last a couple of years. I'll be installing a regulator soon. I hope that helps! Happy riding!

GG

Yep, I see the graph. Strange my battery has actually lasted as long as it has! I'm often at 5,000 to 6,000 rpm's - some long trips. I can't imagine the battery taking that sort of beating! Wow. Looks like I'm going to look how to install a regulator / rectifier - I'm planning on keep the bike!! Tha...

Thank Tim for the Shop Manual! I only had a Clymer manual. :-)

GG

Thanks guys! I didn't mention that the bike was a 1966 Superhawk, with just the silenium rectifier. My voltage "before" these problems was always in the ballpark, and with an LED taillight I could use the electric start most of the time, and the voltage output to the battery would be a high of 14v. ...

Hello all, I had to change my battery, I replaced it with another gel battery, and tested the voltage after installation. With the lights off, I get a full 14 volts. With the lights on and accelerating the motor, the voltage at the battery goes as high as 16 volts! I never had that before. And with ...

Hi Tim, I'd already thought of that, but that's not it (I was HOPING it was). Mine is a 1966 with the tensioner, and I pulled the cover and ran the bike for just a tiny bit, and there is no noise there, nor does it flop very much. At idle it DID make the noise, but coming from somewhere inside. The ...

Thanks Deuce, I'm almost certain it isn't piston slap, nor rod / wrist pin. When I had the head off I checked things out (not with a calipers, but ...) and everything looks very good. I only took the head off because the head gasket (original) had blown. Cylinders still had hone marks! (I did hone i...