My rg150 keeps dying??

[sabbath45]

My rg150 keeps dying randomly. it worked when i brought it, then i learnt to ride it around block for 5-10min rides. then i was ready to go out for 1st bigger ride and cud kick start it but neutral light wasnt working same wit rev meter. then after a hour ride it was working again. then just now took it out again 1 day later and was sweet then after 20min i went to a intercetion and it was idling and dyed. Had to push start it and had same problem no head lights, rev meter wasnt working ( keept goin from 2thousand revs to 0 when reved ) .

Is it the battery or what i just wana get it fixed so i can learn to ride and not worry bout it dying...

[XxKiTtiExX]

Check all your wiring

[Katman]

Replace the battery.

[elle-f]

I have the same model bike as you and it went well for about 2 years and then the indicators and lights went so we replaced the battery and it worked well for about a month then the same thing started happening......

sorry i cant help but will be interested in what others say

[sabbath45]

yea when i brought it im pretty sure he said he replaced the battery recently and that was only bout 2 weeks ago i brought it

[eelracing]

Sounds to me like dodgy electrics,get a shop to check your charging system.

[chevman]

sounds like battery not charging

[XxKiTtiExX]

Been through similar with my rg150. Nuetral light disappearing completely, then coming back off and on but faintly. Bike cutting out and coasting to a stop (yes coasting not seizing) one minute it didn't wanna start then the next thing you know it would happily start and run just fine. Headlight playing up (flickering mind you) Battery needing to be charged regularly. Sometimes the bike would run fine for 10 minutes then start throwing its spasm and dying on the side of the road. Other times I could manage a 3 hour trip without it playing up until I was almost home again.

Notice any umm.. "surging?"

Check your wiring.

[sabbath45]

im pretty new but what is surging? yea its kinda doin what you said. Like after we pushed started it i rode it home and indicators where working but the rev meter and head light wasnt.Took like 20mins ish to get home and as soon i as i got into driveway lights and rev meter started working..

[motorbyclist]

Took like 20mins ish to get home and as soon i as i got into driveway lights and rev meter started working..

yep, sounds like a typical case of "twostroke-itis";)

good luck and be sure to post up what the source of the problem is when/if you find it so we can be more helpful for the next rg150 owner :)

[CookMySock]

Do what katman says. He works on this stuff for a living.

Steve

[madbikeboy]

Yeah, like DB and KatMan said.

But, I'd also have an intermediate step - I'd find a high quality trickle charger and charge the battery for a goodly amount of time. I'd ensure that the terminals which bolt to the battery are clean, and that the connections are good. I'd also put a meter across the battery to see if your charging system is okay - you'd expect to see the voltage jump from standstill, to when you have finished starting it. Pretty easy stuff to isolate the fault. It's either the battery, the charging system, or something between. Loose wires, poor connectors, dirty terminals, etc. If everything is dying, then it'll be something obvious when you look for it.

I don't do this stuff for a living, but I used to do a lot of 12v auto sparky work in the past.

If you're really a clutz, and your friends tell stories of your stupidity around the bbq, or you regularly set fire to stuff without being sure why, send it to KatMan or your city's equivalent of KatMan.
I just realised that there is no equivalent of KatMan, he's one of a kind and special.

[sabbath45]

Yea im gona try that, gona put the charger on the battery overnight tonight

[ajturbo]

well????:Pokey:

[Ixion]

Ah. Two smokers. It's what they do, is why we luvs them :love:

My RZ350 was doing that . I dismantled the carbs 96 times and it made no difference. Then, on the 97th it all came right. Your problem is something completely different. Two smokers. Is why we luvs them :love:

[sabbath45]

i Dunno what the problem was int he end. I got it serviced by motorcycle doctors an its been awesome ever since that was bout month ago. My battery was completly dead which might have been somethink to do with it an it wasnt recharging when i went for rides..

[motorbyclist]

you paid an obscene amount of money and don't know what for?

what does it say on the invoice? just to satisfy our curiosity (and the next rg150 owner to search these forums)

[koba]

i Dunno what the problem was int he end. I got it serviced by motorcycle doctors an its been awesome ever since that was bout month ago. My battery was completly dead which might have been somethink to do with it an it wasnt recharging when i went for rides..

I found the wee fuse holder on the positive wire from the battery is shit.
My money would be on that, probably would have just needed the fuse pulling out and contacts squeezed and cleaned.
Anyone else in the same situation should give that a go before forking out $$.

[ajturbo]

i personally wouldn't have thought it would be the battery, i raced one for over 2 years... with a dead battery from the start....so that connection Koba talked about would be the first thing to look at....

[sabbath45]

ar well, was 1st bike an only had had it for a couple weeks. But at least its all sweet now.:cool:

[n3on]

I have a similar issue. I've got an RGV150 and it'll die when the bike slows down to stop and is in 1st. Also the headlight is dim but brightens up when when rev'd.