Aprilia SR 125 Electrical Problems
Hi all, new to the scooter scene.
I recently bought a 2001 Aprilia SR 125 Max Biaggi Race Rep'.
I'll firstly state that the scooter, to the best of my knowledge, is mechanically sound and runs perfectly fine once started.
Now onto the bad news.
About 2 weeks ago I could no longer start the scooter via the electric starter button, but it would start via the kickstarter fine. I thought this may have been due to a dead/faulty battery but found it strange that the lights and horn etc still worked even when the scooter wasn't running. Up until 2 days ago everything but the electric start was working perfectly until I noticed that my turn signals were no longer flashing. Upon further investigation I found the horn was no longer sounding properly (and sometimes not at all). In regards to the turn signals, while the scooter is idleing, they flash faster than normal, but as soon as the scoot is revved they light up solid and stay solid until turned off or the scoot is brought back to idle. The lights will now no longer work unless the scoot is running.
So this morning I got myself over the garage and got my multimeter out, figuring the battery must have died. Put the multimeter on the battery only to find that it was still showing 12v or thereabouts, this is the same whether the scoot is running or not. The voltage drops when the horn, lights or turn signals are attempted to be operated while the bike isnt running but they do not function at all. The same is true when the scoot is running however the lights function properly and the indicators operate as described previously.
I am at a loss as to what may be wrong, as the battery seems to be holding and getting a charge?
Any help greatly appreciated.
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