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Post by skunkhome on Jul 5, 2014 9:36:29 GMT -6
How much can voltage drop in a battery just sitting on the shelf and still be good. I changed the battery last night and took it off with a charge of 13.32 volts about 11:00 PM. it was at 13.19 at 9:00 am this morning. At this rate I'm thinking it would be flat pretty quickly.
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Post by skunkhome on Jul 4, 2014 8:02:10 GMT -6
What kind of rpm?
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Post by skunkhome on Jul 3, 2014 23:01:21 GMT -6
Yes that makes sense. Manual just states to check continuity across each circuit. It won't hurt to run stator without a load?
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Post by skunkhome on Jul 3, 2014 18:14:11 GMT -6
Well, I've been reading the helix service manual and it really does not sound like rocket science. But frankly I would rather be riding. I do have one question... In the first step of diagnosis you check for leaking by checking voltage across the negative battery pole to the ground. It is supposed to be zero. I wonder how the digital dash with its clock effects that reading . I just checked the leak and I definitely have a draw when the ignition is turned off. Now I have to start pulling fuses to see if I can find out where the parasite is.
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Post by skunkhome on Jul 3, 2014 15:53:13 GMT -6
Well, she rides like a dream but with an underlying nightmare. I rode it over to DMV, approximately 8 miles, shut it off and it would not restart. The battery that was fully charged at the beginning of the ride was flatted to the point of only reading about 11 volts . I had to get some one to jump me off and rode the bike home. About 3 miles from the house the turn signal stop working and then I started getting strange readings on my electronic dash. By the time I got home even though the scooter was still running there was no indicators on the electronic dash. When I got off and check the battery it was at 8.5 volts. The PO said that he had replace the rectifier and I am wondering if he changed the right part.
I'm afraid the battery will go dead on a run and burn up my engine.
Who has experience trouble shooting the charging systems on the helix.
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Post by skunkhome on Jul 2, 2014 20:16:14 GMT -6
Well, I got it back together. I am thinking putting the muffler back on is a two man job. I got mine on only after many tries. It gets awfully heavy trying to hold in position, align the screws and get the first nut on the exhaust studs.
I have put about 20-25 miles on it so far and it takes a bit of getting used to. It drives nice in traffic, has no trouble keeping ahead of traffic but is a little strange in the corners and is a real pig in the parking lots. When I make a u turn I feel like its a Greyhound Bus.
I have noticed that sometimes when I pull off slowly the bike is a little jerky for the first couple of feet when I accelerate briskly I don't feel it. Is this something I need to look in to?
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Post by skunkhome on Jun 30, 2014 22:51:44 GMT -6
Well, I got my tire in last Friday and have it mounted and received my other parts today. I was pleased that my fork bearing was made in japan. Hopefully I will have time in the next couple of days to install the parts and put the bike back together.
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Post by skunkhome on Jun 29, 2014 14:53:07 GMT -6
I have one that I plug into the plug for my trickle charger. What ever you do be sure you include an inline fuse. I found that my Ch80 really did not have enough output to keep up with my iPhone running MotionX GPS.
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Post by skunkhome on Jun 29, 2014 8:15:55 GMT -6
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Post by skunkhome on Jun 29, 2014 8:04:14 GMT -6
I might be all wet, but I just read the ad on the CF Moto site and it said "kick start", I thought.
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Post by skunkhome on Jun 28, 2014 17:48:45 GMT -6
I noticed that the fashion has a kick starter as well as electric and apparently has a Magneto rather than battery ignition. That, I would like to have.
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Post by skunkhome on Jun 28, 2014 12:57:49 GMT -6
Why are you buying outrageously expensive Honda parts?
Nice looking bike, mine is white too and I have a long thread on it that you might be interested in. RichI took no exception what so ever. Honda has a huge overhead... high powered sales staff, management and expensive workforce as well as a high powered legal team. Honda is also a huge target for legal action All these things cost money and it gets passed on to the consumer. |
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Post by skunkhome on Jun 28, 2014 9:10:19 GMT -6
I looked it up and it was manufactured at Zhejiang Summit Huawin Motorcycle Co. Ltd  |
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Post by skunkhome on Jun 28, 2014 8:28:20 GMT -6
Thanks for the advice. Needed a new tire and battery, then discovered that the hanger bearing was a little rough. just wanted to get rolling so I went with what I could find. Helix cn250 parts are cheap compared to ch80 parts. Now I'm gonna be looking for some shocks so I'll give your site a go.
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Post by skunkhome on Jun 27, 2014 16:17:07 GMT -6
Could be the starter solenoid as well.
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