After getting back in town Friday night with my "new" trike I took a spin around the yard and parked it for the night. I rode it around a few back roads off and on Saturday during the day with no problems what so ever, and had a blast.
However..... Saturday evening my wife and I headed out to a friend's house about 18-20 miles away. It was just getting dark when we got there. We left their house and ran back the 18 miles or so to town running the headlight and driving lights. When I got into town I started to leave a redlight and came off the clutch a little quick and she went dead. Hit the key and it barely spun and then nothing...
We gave it a push and it fired right up, but the amp gauge shows about 15 amps running down the road and right 0-5 amps at an idle. Step on the brake and it drops to a definate 0. Looks like I have a bad voltage regulator... Or maybe a weak alternator, but I'm banking on the regulator 1st.
On the upside... My wife enjoyed her first trip out, and was very comfortable. That's what we wanted, as she has hip and back problems and many things just hurt her too bad the day after. Looks like we will be ok in that dept!
On a quick sidenote, I pulled the seat today to charge the battery and this thing has a LAWN MOWER battery in it! I trimmed away the piece of angle iron the had welded in to get the box back to full size and installed a new full size battery. The amps still look weak, but the new regulator will be in Tuesday so we'll see how that goes.
Doug