Well not quite today but over the previous weekend I put my 2008 wee back together.
The back story is that a month ago while out for a ride I had a charging system failure that left me stranded with a flat battery very much in the middle of nowhere. And believe me in Aus there is a lot of nowhere!
Eventually got the bike home with a bit of faffing about and diagnosed a failed stator. The rec/reg checked out OK as did the wiring so I sent the stator off for a rewind.
Now an OEM new stator is in the region of 850 AUD (‘Strayan dollars) and there isn’t one in the country! So a rewind was all I could realistically achieve.
Got the rewound stator back Thursday night, installed it on Friday, and test rode it on Saturday in the pouring rain. Now if Anything is going to prompt a failure it’s a test ride in the rain, but 40 Km later and everything is both tickety and boo.
One thing I did notice is that when I believe the charging system started to fail the ABS light was flickering, then came on hard. I managed a further 40 clicks or so and the battery was pretty much as flat as week old beer.
So, the question I have is; has anyone else noticed if the ABS light comes on when the bike is running but not charging? If it does then it kind of acts like a charge warning light.