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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Battery dying when engine hot Reply #75 - 10/13/15 at 14:27:30 Another thought. The internal balancer does a pretty good job of controlling the vibration. Even 70 mph is reasonably smooth. incredible for a 650 single!
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daincitydave YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 33	Re: Battery dying when engine hot Reply #76 - 10/13/15 at 19:05:28 part of me is wondering if i was sent the correct regulator; as you have mentioned. i have asked the seller to verify the part was for my bike.
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Reply #77 - 10/18/15 at 11:29:13

update!

swapped the red wire in the harness and put it in the empty slot.

took bike for two rides. then it would not start. charged it up again. rode to my buddy's house for further testing. after an hour or so he really thought the battery was bad and was not holding a charge. luckily i still had the original battery from the bike before all this began. put that in after getting home. started up fine. took it for a 10 minute ride. started after stopping. did that 3 or 5 more times. started up each time. my buddy really thought all these shorts and problems messed with my battery and it was toast. every few hours i started the bike up yesterday. even today too. it has never started this many times in a row....i want to be cautiously optimistic here as its never been this consistent lol.

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Reply #78 - 10/18/15 at 17:59:20

That's entirely possible. I toasted two batteries when my r/r went bad. After I replaced the r/r I had to replace the battery and then all was fine. The thing to do now is test your r/r and the rest of your wiring. A parasitic draw is easy to spot. Just connect the positive lead of your multimeter to any always hot wire and and the negative lead to a good ground...wait...watch. If the voltage gradually drops you have a parasitic draw and you have some diagnosing to do. If the voltage holds you're good.

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daincitydave YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 33	Re: Battery dying when engine hot Reply #79 - 10/18/15 at 18:21:05 while bike is off? on? on and idling?
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Reply #80 - 10/18/15 at 19:16:35

Test for parasitic draw while the bike is off. If the voltage holds steady for five minutes you can be pretty sure your r/r is no longer a problem. To be sure you can test the r/r. Here's a YouTube video that shows how https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8EjV0IjW9Q it's simple. If you get good results then you can attach your positive lead on your multimeter to the positive battery terminal and the negative lead to the negative terminal and start the bike. Rev the motor up to around 3k and you should get around 14.5 volts. If the voltage is lower than 14 you may be looking at a stator problem.

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Reply #81 - 10/21/15 at 00:21:29

I just noticed your post in the "How to test your r/r" in the tech section. After reading that, your post on page 4 of this thread finally made more sense. IIRC, the red wire on your new r/r should go to the empty slot so I think you've done the right thing. If your battery is good and you don't have a parasitic draw anywhere else you should be fine now. I know it's only been a couple of days since you swapped it to the empty slot but I'd like an update on your experience with it when you get the chance.

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