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Sad saga of my R1200RT ('06)

tasslehawf

tasslehawf

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My RT has been out of commission for about 4 months now. i full charged and recovered my Odyssey battery and just replaced the alternator belt, but I'm still seeing the same behavior - the bike comes on at the proper voltage, but it steadily drops until - I would assume - the bike shuts off for lack of power. I guess I'm going to start thinking about taking it to a shop.
 
Age of battery?
If you attach another battery, like you were going to give the bike a jump, does it stay running?
Is this something that happens in 15 minutes?
If you have even a basic volt-ohm meter, you should be able to see this going on.
Let us know.
OM
 
What is the voltage at the battery when the engine is running? It needs to be roughly 14 volts. My guess it your alternator is shot.
 
If I put a volt meter on the battery, and starting the bike, the voltage starts at about 14.4 v and drops .01 v every couple seconds.
 
Omega Man said:
Age of battery?
If you attach another battery, like you were going to give the bike a jump, does it stay running?
Is this something that happens in 15 minutes?
If you have even a basic volt-ohm meter, you should be able to see this going on.
Let us know.
OM
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The battery is about 2 years old. An Odyssey. It was fully discharged, but I was about to recover it after trying the method the Odyssey CS told me.
I got a second battery, but it does that same thing (voltage drops consistently every couple seconds).
 
When I replace the alternator belt, I checked the alternator and it still turned OK fwiw. Also the bike only has about 19k miles.
 
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