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Ronnie O · Jul 15, 2020

Is there an amperage test to do on the charging system or battery? Or any other test besides the ones in the manual?
Thanks.

raYzerman · Jul 17, 2020

Skip to the end....... Roadster Cycle. Save yourself all that time... if stator resistance and short to ground check is good, get a mofset R/R, his harness and be done with it.

duccmann · Sep 2, 2020

Swapped mine out with his best at 25K plus relocated.
Now have 66+k with stock stator.
2002

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mello dude · Sep 2, 2020

GreginDenver said: ↑

I've owned my '99 5th Gen for going on 4 years now, and during those 4 years I've been on the VFR forums constantly reading and absorbing the available knowledge (paying special attention to 5th Gens, of course).

It seems to me that when Honda took the big step from the VFR750 to the VFR800 they created a motorcycle that is very picky about the health of its electrical system (I believe this is true for all of the early fuel injected bikes, just ask the owner of one of the early fuel injected Triumph bikes and he'll tell you a story or three).

The truth of the VFR800 ownership experience seems to be this: If the bike's electrical system is in good working order, then the bike is an absolute joy to own. If the bike's electrical system isn't healthy, for one or more reasons (i.e. Stator, Regulator/Rectifier, Battery, Corroded/Burned Connectors, etc.), then the bike becomes a confusing pain-in-the-ass to deal with.

Thus, we have the constant forum emphasis on "doing the drill" on the bike's electrical system.

It's painful to watch (by way of the forums) people acting in denial, resisting the advice to "do the drill" or watching them do the drill wrong or watching them only doing the drill partially (like just replacing the battery, getting temporary good results, then coming back to the forum when that new battery starts to fail).

I'm not saying that the problem in this forum thread is due to the bike's electrical system, it could be something else, but there's only one way to go with a 5th Gen VFR and that's to start out with a healthy electrical system, then go on from there if the problem persists.
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THANK YOU!!! Articulated perfectly!

The old saying....you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink.. still seems to be true.

squirrelman · Sep 2, 2020

Ronnie O said: ↑

Is there an amperage test to do on the charging system or battery? Or any other test besides the ones in the manual?
Thanks.
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the book doesn't discuss burned plugs but the rest of the testing steps are all that's needed for finding a charging flaw.

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