Regulator Rectifier ?

Hello Everyone,
I took one of my 87 vfr700f2 out for a cruse the other day after it had sat in my shop for over 11 months and the battery was not charges up all the way it all most didnt start and i should have charged up the battery first but ....being the wrinch i am i thought it would charge with a ride and i smoked the Regulator Rectifier so ..... dose anyone know where is a good place to find a new one and get a great deal ? will a 94 -97 fit ? the hardest thing about it all was having to have my wife come so i could charge the battery up to get home .

 

I checked out Ricks, and it doesnt look like they carry one for you bike. You can always give them a call though.
http://www.ricksmotorsportelectrics.com/
I am sure they will point you in the right direction. They have a very good reputation. I got my 96 R/R from there. I don't think a R/R from a 4th gen will be a straight plug and play fit on your bike. Might be some wiring involved.

Last time I had an R/R issue, I jump started my bike in 2nd gear on a hill. Don't know if that was an option for you when you were stranded.

 

i was at the bottom of a hill and i thought about but i would have had to push it up the hill first ? it turned out ok any ways and thanks i had checked them first and didnt see any thing ? but thanks

 

The search feature is your friend, here.

There has to be dozens of threads about R/R's. Honda's units are notoriously fragile, try one of the other (larger!) units from a GSX-R.

Pretty much any 5 or 7-pin R/R should work, provided you know what pin is doing what. While you're at it, check the resistance of your wires, if above 0.2 ohms, replace the wiring with heavier gauge...

 

wow thanks hey do you know anything about what year,make or model ? and will a seven pen wor with five pens ? thanks

 

I just looked at Ricks. They show an R/R for the VFR700 VFR, but not one for the VF700 Interceptor. Not sure if it is actually two different bikes as I am not real familiar with teh 2nd gen bikes. But, yeah, give Ricks a call as some R/R span a number of years (and gen's) as well as cross to diff models of bikes on the same brand.

 

just search for "R/R" or "regulator" on this forum and start reading.

I hope you have some time on your hands...:tongue: