That your stator hasn't failed. But then your bike has run okay for 21 years without a voltmeter. I'm a bit of an instrument freak, been fighting the urge to put a voltmeter and an oil pressure gauge on my bike. So far I've been able to resist the pressure. I suppose a volt meter might let you know that your battery is failing and the bike will quit soon if you watch it continuously, but odds are it will still quit in an inconvenient place anyway.Silly question time...
I've been told by several 'Wing riders that having a voltmeter on my 1984 GL1200A is a must. What exactly does such a gaugetell me?
If you go digital I'd sure recomment 0.1V resolution, 0.01 tends to drive one nuts with it's digits flickering and hundredths of a volt are meaningless anyway in this application.Here is a Voltmeter,nice size too....And being Red LED lit,it can be seen easily at night!
http://www.digitalmeter.com/cgi-bin/webshop.cgi?config=configspc.txt&uid=idakbwid111352385669&command=link--bikemeter