03 honda shadow sabre starting prob...?

i just baught the battery 4 months ago and i did take it to a mechanic and he said everything was A ok ... everything seems to work ok but when i ride it and it gets to normal temp seems like it doesnt want to start... how do you check the reg?? how do you check the stater??? are they easy to replace??? oh i did check and change the fuses they are all new and the old ones were still good...03 honda shadow sabre starting prob...?when you say it doesn't wanta start, are you saying the starter won't turn over, or turns over slow?-or- the starter is turning over but the bike won't start?



I am thinking you mean the starter won't turn over, the problem with bike starters is they use glue to hold the fields to the starter barrel, when the engine warms up it makes the glue soft so the fields come loose and come in contact with the armature. If this happens the starter will draw high volts and amps, an easy way to test if the starter is bad is hook up a voltage meter across the battery as you run the starter, if the volts drop below 8 volts, you have a bad starter, ( note: only make this test on a fully charged battery, a discharged battery will give you wrong test results)03 honda shadow sabre starting prob...?Put a DC voltmeter across the battery terminals. It should read a little over 12 volts. Start the engine and rev it up to about 2400 rpm. The meter should show over 13 volts, close to 14 is better. If you get that you know the charging system is OK.