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1969 r60us
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Yes, you can run without a battery installed. The battery is really only a reservoir for power to run the lights, etc., when you're idling like at a stop of something.
I re-read something that Vech wrote on another forum that this is not a good idea in that you'll eventually fry the voltage regulator. You have to find a way to defeat the generator. He suggested that the brushes be permanently lifted off the armature to stop voltage generation. Or go all the way and remove the generator completely.
I think it would be best to have a battery in the system just to keep all systems running.
I re-read something that Vech wrote on another forum that this is not a good idea in that you'll eventually fry the voltage regulator. You have to find a way to defeat the generator. He suggested that the brushes be permanently lifted off the armature to stop voltage generation. Or go all the way and remove the generator completely.
I think it would be best to have a battery in the system just to keep all systems running.
You have to complete the circuit
The bike will run fine with a dead battery as far as I know but won't create spark unless the + & - wires are connected somehow, I think. I have never tried to run any of my /2's without a battery in there, dead or alive so I can't be sure. Find an old 6 volt /2 battery and put it in there to run the bike, if your going to ride it around I would suggest getting a good one and make sure the lights are working good, especially the tail and brake light.
The bike will run fine with a dead battery as far as I know but won't create spark unless the + & - wires are connected somehow, I think. I have never tried to run any of my /2's without a battery in there, dead or alive so I can't be sure. Find an old 6 volt /2 battery and put it in there to run the bike, if your going to ride it around I would suggest getting a good one and make sure the lights are working good, especially the tail and brake light.
It ran just fine without the battery and the wires were not hooked to anything. I just wanted to run her a little and park her again but I installed a battery and have been ridding. She hit good on the second kick and ran on the third.
I bought the bike a few years back from a man in Bristol Tn. It has a fairing and leather saddle bags that he said he didn't like that I have now installed. Anyone have a way that I could send a pic from my phone to so I could post it. I have terrible internet capabilities.
I bought the bike a few years back from a man in Bristol Tn. It has a fairing and leather saddle bags that he said he didn't like that I have now installed. Anyone have a way that I could send a pic from my phone to so I could post it. I have terrible internet capabilities.
Thanks for doing that for me. Just after I got the bike I had someone tell me that the fairing was made at the factory by hammering it out on a stump they had to form it. They said look on the inside and you can see the hammer marks and there are some marks that could be I suppose.
