Not starting or crankinking at all

[bemusedinsojo]

I haven't touched anyones ying yang... 

Not you? Huh! Who is touching it?

[Sidk]

Well after a few days sitting. Yesterday i took the bike out for a quick trip. all was perfect. parked it over night. started right up in the morning. went 7km parked it for 3 hours. went back started right up took it 10km into the city. in heavy traffic, the lights were on.  i stalled at a stop light and nothing... wouldnt start. same thing.  i am replacing the battery as soon as i can find one.. but i think the combintion of traffic and lights cause the battery to drain faster than it can charge. thoughts?

[Sidk]

just add a bit further to the story.. after this mornings non turn over.
instead of just jump starting the bike today i was lucky enough to be in front of a bike shop. so they charged the battery for me for an hour. (1130-1230) bike started fine and all is good. went to a battery shop they didnt have the battery type that must not be named (staying away from that ying yang) so its on order... drove around for the next 4 hours. in heavy traffic doing variois errands. Finally  i parked the bike in front of the house and as i parked i had to adjust it a bit so i started it up.. and dead again.. not turning over.again . 

[GavD]

My mate had similar issues with his Daytona engined Steamer, that he bought with a motobatt fitted. he was convinced it was a starter motor problem, so we stripped it down to get the starter motor out. Stripped the starter motor, all looked good, put it back together and tried it on a car batt he had lying about, it span up ok. put it back in the bike - nothing. Strapped the car battery over onto the bike and ta-da, she started. He bought a new battery, all good.

We basically wasted a whole day farting around, when we could have just proved it with my steamer battery!! you live and learn.

[Sidk]

Just to close the thread..

The problem was due to broken brushes which caused intermittant charging.

[rybes]

Broken bushes in what part? Glad you finally got it fixed

[Sidk]

The brushes in the Alternator top end under the cover in the brush holder.

[rybes]

I never would have thought to look there