Hi all,

just fitted a new gel battery to my softail and being a bit of a sticky beak thought I would check it while running with a multimeter and bugger me its charging at 16 to 17 volts, what is a normal charge rate, 13 to 14 volts ? Me thinks the rec reg has givin up the ghost as I remember years ago HD had a bad batch of rec regs around the early 90's and near new bikes were boiling batterys dry and all sorts of good stuff like that, mine is still the original. Also whats the go with club rego, what clubs offer it ?

Thanks Dazz

fit a new reg on before it blows your coil or ign black box , make sure it has a good earth when fitted or it won;t work proper , are you in Sydney  our club  doe's  histericial reg'o ,     M.C.R.C. of N.S.W.     Motorcycle Racing Club of  N.S.W.      bike must be over 30yrs old in stock form  & good nik

yep its fucked should be no more than 14.5 v at revs 3000+ get a new one from rollies cycle electric $145 there abouts check your stator two and that you have good earths at the reg aswell if you look down the the bottom of the main page in docs / info theres a softail evo manual free download that will help you do a few tests before you spend coin

+1....Chitty earths are the weak point on the Harley regulator system. Pay attend to getting it right and you should be happy for years.

Question......Was that voltage reading taken with the battery connected all up or were you just measuring the regulator output?

on service i always clean & spread the male into the female  2 pin conector as a bad or oily conection here will stuff things up as well

Thanks for all the helpful advice fella's, got a new genuine reg a day ago, just gotta find the time to fit it up. Will let you all know the out come
Cheers Dazz

Been a bit slack gettin on here but fitted up the new reg and all is well, a mate tried to help me out gettin a reg and brought one that doesnt fit my bike so I'll be listing it in parts for sale, its a genuine HD unit in its box and all