New stator not working

molde

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I have a Gasgas ec125 from 2014 and am in the process of getting it road legal for the first time in 10 years. When I bought it the only missing thing for it to work was a cable stem for the indicators and an indicator relay. I bought those (original) but realised the indicators are not blinking, just solid light. When I applied throttle (standing still) the indicators started blinking slowly. My very unprofessional diagnosis was that the stator was bad or not producing enough voltage/current/electricity?

Yesterday a new (china copy) stator came and when I tried it, it didn’t seem to give any spark. Two of the connections were the wrong type but after checking electrical diagram I connected the right cables together (but wrong connection types). I also measured voltage between different points and compared to values of old stator. Between a yellow cable, what I assume is some kind of power coming from stator, and ground on old stator I measured about 1.5V when kicking, but only 0.5V on new stator.

What should I do next? Is it possible the flywheel was the broken part all the time? Is it worth to spend 400 euro for a new original stator/flywheel assembly? I have ordered a new regulator too, but is it even possible that is the problem?
 
Is there a battery on your bike?

I have a 2015 EC200 which I presume have approx the same electrical setup. I have no battery, only a capacitor where the battery could have been. All my electrics are DC, even the light run on DC. Is that the same in your bike?

If you have no battery, I would say that it is quite normal that the vvoltage is too low when the engine is idling, and it starts flashing when revs go up. As my bike is a offroad-only bike, I only run a headlight, but even that starts flickering at idle.

I cannot really see the problem if your indicators starts flashing when revs are high and all other lights / horn works as expected.

I have had street bikes where the indicators didn't flash and the horn didn't work at idle, but when out and about in the traffic everything works OK.
I'm afraid you are seeing a problem that isn't really there.

On the other side, if there is a battery and your bike behaves like it does, the first thing I would replace would be the battery.
 
Is there a battery on your bike?

I have a 2015 EC200 which I presume have approx the same electrical setup. I have no battery, only a capacitor where the battery could have been. All my electrics are DC, even the light run on DC. Is that the same in your bike?

If you have no battery, I would say that it is quite normal that the vvoltage is too low when the engine is idling, and it starts flashing when revs go up. As my bike is a offroad-only bike, I only run a headlight, but even that starts flickering at idle.

I cannot really see the problem if your indicators starts flashing when revs are high and all other lights / horn works as expected.

I have had street bikes where the indicators didn't flash and the horn didn't work at idle, but when out and about in the traffic everything works OK.
I'm afraid you are seeing a problem that isn't really there.

On the other side, if there is a battery and your bike behaves like it does, the first thing I would replace would be the battery.
No battery on this one.

The electrical setup is very similar in the ec lineup, but I think it is all AC. The problem is that I am trying to get it road legal/inspected. During the inpsection I assume I am not allowed to rev the engine to 6000rpm when doing the indicator test.
 
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