My 13 RG has been flawless till a few weeks ago, have had low voltage 10-11v on start up, burp the throttle and goes to 14v, last week wouldn't get over 10v, tripped ck engine lt/battery light. I did a battery test, checked ohms on stator and volt reading, which after taking regulator off, cleaning the ground and reisntalling, worked fine till last night, started bike, 14v, rode for a mile fairly hard and when sitting at a red light v gauge dropped to 11v, throttle burp didn't help, then meter went to 16+, all lights went out as if a reset then returned to 14v+. very unstable, HELP

 

Stator or Voltage regulator... someone will chime in with the troubleshooting procedure. Not hard to check.

 

Hope this helps
http://blog.jpcycles.com/step-by-ste...41227-55963-NA

 

For sure do the checks. Use a real DVOM, don't trust the dash gauge.
FWIW, my 2 cents is on a bad regulator. I once had an HD service manager tell me that low voltage can be the regulator or the stator but high voltage is going to be the regulator.

 

Sounds like you are in for some work.

Sounds EXACTLU like my recent story. Read an enjoy: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...regulator.html

 

Over voltage will not be caused by the stator. The job of the regulator is to regulate the voltage. Just put in a new regulator and be done with it.

 

Yeah my gut tells me V regulator, battery recovers fine when loaded w/ everything on and not running. 1st time of v spike but other than the main fuse being loose, regulator will be my first replacement.

 

I agree, thx...

S texas heat i think is taking it's tole on the regulator...

 

Stators are easy to check, do a search on the internet or here and it will tell you what to do. Unfortunately the voltage regulator is almost impossible to check, if the stator checks out, it's most likely the regulator and needs to be replaced.

 

Yep, I'd also say it's the voltage regulator.

I have a '13 CVO Ultra and last summer at just under 27,000 miles while on a trip noticed that my volt meter was reading just a tad over 10 volts.
(While the bike's volt meter may not be total accurate, it will give you a head's up that something is wrong).

After checking the battery cables to make sure they were tight, I made a run for the nearest H-D dealership and they installed a new (non-CVO) voltage regulator under the ESP. (I didn't want to sit for two days waiting on a part just because of a little bit of chrome).

I suspect (but cannot prove) that my regulator could have been in the spate of bad ones from the '12 model year bikes.