From: Dave Swindell 
Subject: Re: FELLOW BIKER NEEDS SOME HELP W/ PROBLEM
Date: 1996/12/24
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Hi PurpleHaze

Take a careful look at the ignition switch.  I knew a CX500 that behaved
just like that a few years ago.  New ignition switches from Honda aren't
cheap :-{>

In article , George Bryan
 writes
>
>I have a mechanical problem maybe someone has experienced before or know 
>about.
>
>I have a Honda CB750 Custom 1980.  How do you know if your alternator is 
>bad.  While I am riding, my bike acts like it is out of gas, and slowly 
>losses power, causing me to pull over.  When I try to restart it I can't 
>because somehow my battery gets totally drained.  Could this be a wiring 
>problem or an alternator problem, or maybe something else? I alway 
>thought that motorcycles use the battery's power only when first starting 
>up.  Am I wrong? Is there a way to test the alternator?  
>
>Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 
>
>PurpleHaze..
>email:  sbryan@mcia.com

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