You didn't indicate year of your VFR, but here is what I had to do when I replaced my R/R and hard wired it back to battery. On the output of the OEM R/R are 5 wires; 2 +12vdc (parallel wires) to battery, 2 ground wires, and a +12vdc feed to the starter switch. To provide 12 vdc to the starter switch, I jumpered the W/Bl (on my bike) wire to one of the now unused R/W wires to the battery in the disconnected connector to the harness. Here is the wiring diagram for my 2003: