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Can't reach redline

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Dangit. Just checked the charging system. About 12.6V at idle (1100), but it never got up above 13.25V even at 5K+. Dangit. Voltage after shutting if off was actually higher than before key-on, but still.
 
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Unfortunately, that does not bode well. You have some further investigating to do to get to the root of the problem.
 
Holy bologna. These connections are SO corroded. I've never seen it this bad on anything before. Time to invest in some DeOxIt. I don't want to spend hours scrubbing these clean and possibly breaking things to remove spade connectors.

I'm having trouble finding the stator leads though. I see leads to and from the R/R and igniter, but don't seem to be tracing them right.
 
Wow. All right. Cleaned some extremely corroded connections. Now I'm getting better voltages - about 13 at idle, going up to 14, but not above 14 until I let off the throttle. I think this means I have more bad connections.

By bad, I mean that when I set my ohmeter to 200 ohms and put both on the same spare, it read infinite ohms.
Think I can use DeOxIt, or should I just replace the spades? The spades I have won't fit into the connector, and I'll lose the connector and its organizing the leads.
 
AFAIK, DeOxIT is not a panacea for heavy corrosion, but would be helpful to use once you have cleaned up the connectors mechanically, and a yearly cleanup. There aren't too many short paths to success when it comes to electrical. I use a few different grades of sandpaper to get the connections shiny. Those that remain dull, or have brittle wires get new connectors.

PS- much better charging numbers now, but I do not understand why the volts jump when you let the throttle off
 
Go to vintage connections and order a kit

Replacing is easier, faster and gives better results
 
Hi, interesting, having similar problims, last summer went to Scotland for a week and it rained most of the time we were there, 82 Gs1100L went like a pig and very very hard starting, generally goes real sweet, just fine. When we got home I renewed the plugs which were new anyway, plug caps, sealed with polyurethane sealant not silicone the HT end of the coils and sprayed the other end "front" with ignition sealer, job done I thought. 6 weeks ago id a same day 632mile round trip to Cork, interstate/motorway temptation got the better, id go for the redline @ 7650rpm 85mph LOL the legs just left her like id let go the throttle I thought it partial seizure, she recovered instantly, I didn't and went about 30 for a while. Then tried another twice with exactly the same result and all with no filter in a large id line "not a tight tight fit on petcock or carb" no sharp bends. Last sat morning decided wed have a few days away so sat night she sat out with no rain but a heavy dew, sunday morning she would not not not start lucky we parked on a long steep hill "embarrassing" Sunday night sat out again no rain and no dew but sprayed loads of WD40 in around the coils before and after breakfast. Started instantly. Got home Monday, "removed" the coils which were not sealed properly, removed the sealant, dried them with hot hot hot hair dryer to remove any internal moisture and resealed with Aeraldite "epoxy" with polyurethane over the top, nipped another1/2" of the plug leads, then re-syncted the carbs which were not bad anyway. Valve shims had been done 3000miles ago and were not bad, total mileage is almost 22,000. Stock other than K&N air filter. So im thinking your problem and mine is damp in the coils as you have been damp weather issues to not dissimilar to mine but giving all the detail incase someone can suggest something other. Love to hear more, but hope this helps!
 
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Not sure if your bike has points but I was getting similar symptoms and turned out to be a bad condenser.
 
Not trying to Necromance this old thread of mine, but I did find the cause - the mechanical advance (for the digital ignition) was seized up and stuck at 0. It was rather rusty, and some WD-40 freed it up.

I also did invest in a kit from Vintage Connections. It was a nice kit and I think it came with a release tool for the connectors that I still keep handy in a toolbox. It was worth the time to replace the connections.
 
WilliamGLX81 said:
Not trying to Necromance this old thread of mine, but I did find the cause - the mechanical advance (for the digital ignition) was seized up and stuck at 0. It was rather rusty, and some WD-40 freed it up.

I also did invest in a kit from Vintage Connections. It was a nice kit and I think it came with a release tool for the connectors that I still keep handy in a toolbox. It was worth the time to replace the connections.
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I love seeing old threads come to life with a conclusion...
 
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