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Cagiva mito 125 motorcycle battery maintenance

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Cagiva mito 125 for sale here on Ebay UK Cagiva mito 125  parts for sale here on Ebay UK   Recommended batteries for the Cagiva Mito 125 on Ebay UK    First i like to test the battery on the bike . Test at the battery posts and at the battery Positive and negative wire terminals to ensure you have good voltage at both and to ensure clean terminals . then test again with engine running . You should over 12v and them close to 14v at 6000 revs . Battery  , make sure its fully charged remove from bike and recharge dont just guess  and whilst doing this clean up the battery terminals  and the negative  and positive wiring terminals. If you have a voltage meter you can do some basic tests. When the engine has been off for at least 1-2 hours with ignition key  turned off, 100% Charged 12.60 to 12.8v 75% Charged 12.4v 50% Charged 12.1v 25% Charged 11.9v 0% Charged less than 11.8v I always clean the terminals of a battery ...

Cagiva Mito 125 Charging , generator , alternator , stator and pick up coil testing

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Cagiva mito 125 for sale here on Ebay UK Cagiva mito 125  parts for sale here on Ebay UK Alternator output tests  Start the engine and run to 6000 revs per minute as this is the speed at which the alternator starts working . The attach voltmeter at to volts and test at the battery terminals reading should be 13,5-15v if its less than this you have charging circuit problem if more than this a possible reg/rectifier problem . Alternator coils testing  Set multimeter to ohms , test measurements between 2 yellow wires and then  yellow wires to earth .                           Testing between yellow wires i am getting 0.4 ohms on my bike  running  so id say between 0.5 - 0.7 should be ok readings . Test between Yellow wires to earth or body of stator ,  to ensure you  have no shorts direct to earth  ...