24V Electrical System ?

[farmerj]

Hi all,

We have another thread going on "hard to start 2018s". I know that my bike will start just fine if you put enough power to it - a while back I tried 24V and it cranked and started instantly.

The problem was, it didn't take long to fry the starter. But my test was inconclusive - the starter may already have been failing, and in my elation I may not have left enough time between starting tests to let the starter cool sufficiently.

So I recently went to try it again. This time instead of adding a 12V battery I used a 7.4V battery from a RC car, thinking that maybe it would add a bit of power - and it fit so well in the airbox. It doesn't seem to help at all (contrary to the suggestion here - https://thumpertalk.com/forums/topic...ting-for-gncc/)

Why is that? Do you have to have a full 12V for the two batteries to "add" to each other? Or are there insufficient amps in the RC battery to contribute power?

I admit my electrical ignorance and thank you for enlightening me!

Jeff