98 Yamaha XL1200 charging issues

[Ripleyfish]

Is it Possible for the charging sysstem to only charge a TINY bit.

My 98 1200 has been flawless until this year. My battery continues to go dead. My NEW battery goes dead quickly and will not charge back up. After a 1 hour ski it will barely turn on the audible "low battery " warning horn.
Also how long should it take to charge a battery cruising high power?

What is the first thing to check? and the second?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Jeff Walkowiak]

Re: 98 Yamaha XL1200 charging issues

check your rectifier and your battery ground wire to the engine

 

[JUSTINTIME]

Re: 98 Yamaha XL1200 charging issues

do you have a volt meter
put it on the battery and read the volts

 

[Rob454]

Re: 98 Yamaha XL1200 charging issues

check your rectifier and your battery ground wire to the engine

i agree with jeff. the stator is both the aternator and your distributor ( simple terms) one side charges the other does the work the distributor does in a car. ( to oversimplify it)
check to see if the rectifier is bad