Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and am looking for some advice. I have an 04 Sportsman 700 that I recently had to put a new battery in about a month ago. Just the other day I rode it a few miles and the battery indicator started flashing
alerting me that the battery was almost dead.Someone suggested to me that it might me a faulty voltage regulator that drained the new battery.Does anyone know how to test the regulator or has anyone else had this problem.Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

If you have a meter with engine running above 2000 should measure over 14 volts @ batt. Stator windings should read .19 ohms between each of the 3 leads. Stator output should read 18vac about at 2000 rpms.
If you pm me you e-mail can send you a pdf about the electrical system from manual with a testing flo chart.