Just saw the moved post - thanks Roger, I'll take a look and see what I can find on the weekend.

Ah OK, that makes sense! Thanks

After replacing the regulator recently I thought I'd solved my electrical issues. The battery does seem to be staying charged, and the ammeter isn't dipping down, but it's not really going far (if at all) to the right either, I assume because the battery is topped up?|

It drops a bit as expected ...

What a trip! Jealous doesn't begin to cut it.

So I can usually start my bike on the first or second kick. Yesterday, I went on a ride in the evening to celebrate my newly working electronics, and rode down to the beach. Stopped there for ten minutes or so, had one guy ask "why's it smoking?" (oil running down the outside of the head), then ...

It's designed to fit in there, so hopefully it'll be good. Will keep an eye on it though

Got it! Turned out it was the regulator. Got hold of an analogue multimeter to test the dynamo properly and verified it was good. It motored, and it had output on the bike. So then hooked up the electronic regulator I bought and straight away the ammeter showed positive and the lights looked great ...

Ah those photos help a lot. I did top up the oil the other day to make up for the oil leaking from the exhaust valve cover, but I guess despite reading the manual I may have put in a bit much. Good to know these kinds of puddles aren't rare... even though I knew this bike was going to leak oil I'm ...

My list of issues with this bike (NH 350) is growing faster than I can fix them! Still, I guess that's part of it right? Anyway, in trying to rule out the battery as part of my electrical gremlins, I had the bike running on the drive, and after it was dripping more oil than usual, enough to create a ...

You could try disconnecting the wire from the live terminal of the battery, insulate it to prevent accidental short circuit to the frame. Then start the engine. Rev it to about 1500 rpm, then switch the lights on and see if anything happens. Cheers, Chris.


I just tried this, and got nothing ...