2000 r6 18k miles, just replaced the battery, headlights still dim at idle as well as the gauge cluster. the bike had this symtom really bad right before the battery died. right after i replaced the battery it didnt do it at all for about 3 weeks then right back to it. wondering if i have a serious problem.
2000 r6 electrical problem
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electrical problem
Very common problem on the 99-02 models. Mine did the exact same thing you mentioned. Luckily mine was a quick, cheap, and easy fix. The r/r plug burnt up. I am guessing that might be the case with yours as well, at least thats where I would start looking. Like I said, it is a common thing with these. A new plug is only $5-10 to fix. You will know if that's it because when you take the seat off to pull it out and look at it, you will see a big burn spot on the plug. You can search the board and see that this is a pretty common problem. Like I said though, thankfully it's a pretty painless (and cheap) fix. The guy i bought my 02 R6 from was selling his bike for dirt cheap because he thought he was going to have to dump a ton of $$ into the electrical system when it was just the burnt out plug. Check that first and then go from there. I would bet that's the problem. Keep us posted and good luck. Hopefully that fixes it.
Very common problem on the 99-02 models. Mine did the exact same thing you mentioned. Luckily mine was a quick, cheap, and easy fix. The r/r plug burnt up. I am guessing that might be the case with yours as well, at least thats where I would start looking. Like I said, it is a common thing with these. A new plug is only $5-10 to fix. You will know if that's it because when you take the seat off to pull it out and look at it, you will see a big burn spot on the plug. You can search the board and see that this is a pretty common problem. Like I said though, thankfully it's a pretty painless (and cheap) fix. The guy i bought my 02 R6 from was selling his bike for dirt cheap because he thought he was going to have to dump a ton of $$ into the electrical system when it was just the burnt out plug. Check that first and then go from there. I would bet that's the problem. Keep us posted and good luck. Hopefully that fixes it.
Yeah i got mine for dirt cheap too cause the guy i got it from didn't know that he had a intermittent coil. Other then that i got some cheap entertainment now and (knock on wood) no second gear problem on this bike. I had a bad ground on my bike that needed to be fixed it wasent makin a good connection. My r/r plug has been fried once too though but we got those connectors at work. Tons of them to be exact 
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any chance you could send me 1 please ?Yeah i got mine for dirt cheap too cause the guy i got it from didn't know that he had a intermittent coil. Other then that i got some cheap entertainment now and (knock on wood) no second gear problem on this bike. I had a bad ground on my bike that needed to be fixed it wasent makin a good connection. My r/r plug has been fried once too though but we got those connectors at work. Tons of them to be exact
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