Honda-SOHC

hi i took the lock out last night and checked the switch which appears to be quite new all the contacts were clean and showed no signs of arcing and the harness was replaced by the previous owner. ive done all the usual waggling of wires and cannot find any problems .
so if the weather permits i will take it out for a ride this weekend and se if the problem persists.
thanks to you all for your help i will let you know what happens at the weekend

cheers pete

hi ive had an intermittent problem with the electrics where the bike stops running suddenly.when it has stopped there are no lights up ie ignition or oil light,a quick fiddle around with the fuse and of it goes again ihave checked all the fuses connections etc but there doesnt seem to be any problems while i was doing this i noticed that the rectifier was hot to the touch so i decided to check the charging volt and current. the voltages at the battery are as per the book but the current was about 7amps rather higher than the recomended 4 amps .it is better with the lights on but still high.do you think this over charging could be making the rectifier break down temporarily causing the bike to cut out.is the regulator volts only or is it volts and current.how warm should the rectifier get.when i went for a run with the lights on it ran ok.

any help would be greatly appreciated

thanks peter

hi sorry i have not got back on here sooner. bike seems to be running pretty well now so lets hope we get some decent weather soon.

im in a place called Hurstpierpoint just north of brighton so box hill would be good.

i will try to get a photo of the bike up soon

cheers pete

hi thanks to you both for the replies,iforgot to say the bike is fitted with boyer ignition and seems to advance ok when checked with timing light ,battery is new but may be suspect as it wont turn the bike over so i will try to jump it from a good one tonight .as regards the cam i have replaced this with a new /second hand one as the original was very worn the only thing i dont know about here is that the original cam was marked as 360 and the replacement 359 but looked the same and i could not find any info on the relevance of the numbers.I have checked the compression but only on the kickstart an it read the same on all 4 pots at about 130 psi.When i had the head off it looks like it has had a rebore to .75 over size fairly recently but i will check compression again on the starter motor with a jumped battery as the book gives a figure of 170 psi but i assumed the lower reading was because i was only kicking it over.

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thanks again and i will let you know how i get on.  pete