From: sbryan@mcia.com (George Bryan)
Subject: FELLOW BIKER NEEDS SOME HELP W/ PROBLEM
Date: 1996/12/22
Message-ID: #1/1
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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