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i have a '95 gl1500i that i think the altinator died on. it has 85,000 miles with (i asume) the original altinator. i went about 15 minutes to work last night & the radio cut out just a couple minutes before i got to the parking lot & then the bike stalled & wouldn't restart, just sounded like a relay clicking. when i came out to go home this morning the bike started with minimal issue & seamed to run fine so i headed home, but about 10 minutes into the ride the radio died again & a minute or 2 later so did the engine with just clicking again when i tried to restart. my battery is about a year old but it seams like it replenished while it was off so i figure i was running off battery power with no recharging. i also lost my running lights 2 days ago (which i figred was just a fuse that i was going to check today), but i don't know if that is a symptom or "safety" (to let you run farther before the battery goes dead) or a whole separate ploblem.



so for the 1500 gurus, am i on the right track?

were do i go now with trubleshooting?

is this something that i (a very inexperienced person) should/ couldattempt to fix myself?

do i go with stock or aftermarket replacement, cost/ reliability?



i wanted to ride today, not be figureing out how to get it the rest of the way home from work & going how long is it going to be down.



thanks,

Rich Lorenz (crazzyrman)

 

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well i started at 12.5v off after putting it on a teder for a couple hours, started it & dropped to 12.0v & the longer i let it run at idlethe lower it went (slowly). acasionly i would hear the bike idle change & i would see about 0.5v increase, but it would drop back after a couple seconds. i decided at that point to just pull it & i took it up to my local auto mechanic to find out what it will cost to rebuild, he'll get me a quote on monday.



redwing52, how much for your's & shipping to union, nj 07083 if you can check easily.



ironically i'm planning to be out your way at the end of july for the oshkosh airshow, but i need the bike running asap were if it was my truck or jeep i would just let them sit until i got around to it.