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Not me as in the UK, but nice bike.

Well thanks for the replies and advice. Today I took it for a 30 mile quick ride with headlight on and no hiccups. Got back home and it started straight away and I had 12.4v across the battery which wasn't hot which was reassuring. However after reading the answers and other stuff on the forum I dec...

I have the battery located in the old air filter box and now reckon that the sort of fibre packing stuff I put down the back of the battery reacted maybe with the little oil mist coming out of breather pipe that was loose and the packing melted a bit. Firstly I should have not put it there and left ...

Thanks, and yeah doesn't really make sense. I thought it had got hot as on one side I had some lightly packed sort of nylon packing stuff and that had melted against it, needless to say I've taken that out now

Yeah just using a multi meter across the battery terminals.
Going to see what happens in a few day when I take it out and do 50 miles.

So after cleaning everything up yesterday and charging battery overnight I have 12.5v and then on revving the engine 13.5 to 13.7.

Will take it for a run on next days off and see what happens. Whether there's still a problem or was it just a simple clean of terminals and brushes

Read this and is an R80 regulator which I'm guessing is under the tank a "shunt regulator" which i believe is also know by another name I can't remember and maybe the problem..."Shunt regulator burnout: If the shunt regulator burns out, the regulator rectifier can't control voltage le...

Thanks for the replies. I didnt know that about the earthing point in the trans and will check that. I don't have a charging light as it's yet another "messed with" old RT and I replaced the light with a diode in the wiring to replicate the bulb after lots of reading and learning a couple ...

Evening and sorry if this is a dumb question as a first on on the forum. I have a 1986 R80 and have had no issues with the charging until a ride today, which has me confused. Did about 25 miles and then pulled over for a photo, when to restart the bike and there wasn't enough to start it so 2nd gear...