Hi hondabuster I thank you for your help .Yes with the lights on and at idle it does drop to 12.09 . Key off volts at 12.46 these #s have gone down thru out my numerous tests, but this is where they are now, the batt. is just slowly getting weaker, this is a new batt. that has been load tested . I did use a smart tester at my Kawi dealers today and I did get a different reading than the previuosly stated one on the stator resistance, in the shop at maybe 70 degrees,my meter still read .4 and .5 , but the smart tester read .2 and .3 in both test spots on this new meter, it is supposed to be between .32 and .43 ohms. yes the volts climb when 1 st started then seem to drop as I rev it up and down. I am taking the stator to a yami dealer to be tested tommorrow for $15 , I told the service manager I bought 3 Quads here , ya know what he did not care. But I dont want to put this back together and have to tear it back apart. I will go thru all connections again tonight and check for continuity again man all conn. due look clean.