Voltage drop?

ok, so i've heard that the rsv and tuono (gen1) suffer from slight voltage drop.. but im just wondering if any of you actually pay any attention to what voltage your charging system is putting out?

was out on the way to work this morning.. (this is all done via readings from the clocks) after either the cold or the bike killing another new battery and having it on charge overnight..

fired up on the button.. full choke, lights off(no throttle!)

checked voltage on clocks sitting at 14v on idle lights off
13.6 lights on..

so that was dead on.. cruising down on into work, stopped at a set of lets hit D for voltage again sitting dead on 13.6v

decided give her a wee bit of throttle up to about 4k and the voltage began to drop proportionate to revs down to 13.3v...

this then got me wondering, whether the voltage being output from the rectifier was dropping further, higher up the rev range...

what are your thoughts on this? or is this just the way they are?

no no.. i know not to completely rely on it.. i do use a multimeter for most things.. just if the reading at the clocks is correct albeit not accurate but shows some direct correlation between revs and voltage drop would this indicate a further issue?

Keith B said:

I think yer worrying about nowt mate.

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haha thanks for putting my mind at ease mate.. new to the big italian twin, only had her a wee while so just trying to get my head around it all.. quite alot different to the r1 what with the dry sump, v2 and typical italian electrics lol