Tiger 955i

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  1. Neil Davis

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    Hello. Thank you for the add. I currently ride a 2005 Tiger 955i cast wheel model and have owned it since 2009. Yesterday, the rev counter lost count and the speedo was intermittent in working. I had ridden 110 miles, arrived home and left it around 3 hours before putting her away. When I went to start her, battery was dead. The dash lights had become quite dim for the last 20 miles or so. I have charged the battery over night so will test it later. Any ideas what would be the cause?
     
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    Battery.first and by far the lead suspect is the battery its self. They don't last for ever.
     
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    steve lovatt Something else

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    Battery every time. Even if you think it's not - it will be!
     
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    Thank you for the ideas, the battery is only 11 months old and it is a moto batt sealed gel. Is there a better battery?
     
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    thebiglad Old fart, still riding !

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    I normally use Yuasa batteries for my bikes plus a battery charger/conditioner so never have any problems in the volts dept.
     
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    Hello Neil and welcome to the forum :)

    I’ve had a moto batt gel battery for about 5 years on my ‘84 Honda CB700 and it never fails to turn the old girl over and start. The moto batt has never been hooked up to an optimate etc.
    I can’t praise moto batt enough.
     
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    First, welcome to the forum! I'm with the others with regard to checking the battery, however, if the overnight charge brings it back up and it holds voltage for a while, you are going to need to look at the charging system. If the battery holds >12.5 volts, start the bike, idle it at ~2,000 rpm and test the voltage at the battery. It should read ~14.5 volts. If it does, the charging system is most likely working OK. If it is above ~15.0 volts, you may have a bad rectifier/regulator. If it is below ~14.0 volts, you will need to do some additional testing to see if you have 1) a bad alternator, or 2) a bad rectifier/regulator.
     
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    Hello thank you all for your warm welcome and advice. The battery is at 80% at the moment so want to wait for full charge. Any recommendations on getting a new generator or regulator/rectifier? Is it worth going genuine new or other?
     
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    Hi and welcome....
    Wessa
     
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    Thank you and hello
     
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    Welcome to the Asylum
     
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    Thank you for a very warm welcome and for something else to check before paying proper money out.
     
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    Thank you
     
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    Welcome in mate
     
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    Hi mate and welcome
     
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    :) thank you mate
     
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    Welcome to the forum Neil and enjoy :sun::sun:
     
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    Thank you kindly ;)
     
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    Hi Neil.
    If the stator and/or the reg/rec are suspect don't replace with genuine Triumph parts - unless you are a multi-millionaire. Electrexworld will no doubt do direct replacements (I haven't checked but they supplied both for my 955i Daytona when I had it) which will be MUCH cheaper and probably better!
     
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