Crispy wires found under seat.

Check all the fuses in the VFRness. VFRness does nothing but HELP the electrical issues of the bike. Sure its possible the harness has an issue but I would get it fixed and keep that on the bike. I was installing some stuff on the bike and blew one of the fuses on my VFRness, a 20A, and everything seemed fine, but some wires got super hot, and it turned out I had blown the fuse and thats when I found out.

I wonder about the stators. You checked the phases and ground with ohm meter and then A/C voltage with voltmeter. If it checks good, but it looks like hell, is it really bad? I don't know, I often wondered about that. If its working maybe just keep it as a spare, its nice to have spare Stator and RR's if you can.

 

this is all basic day to day vfr stuff lol

 

These v4 s run hot and the stator is in cooling oil only half way up.So I think nearly everyone's stator look like yours. The voltmeter doesn't lie.

 

thats my point. I have never seen anyone pull a VFR stator that has been in the bike for any appreciable amount of time, and it NOT look fried at least on some parts.

 

this is very true