RR Issue & other electrical gremlins for 3rd & 4th Gen Bikes.... EXPLAINED

All,

While searching online for answers/clues on my electrical issues I'm currently experiencing, I found some information that I've not yet seen on any forums so far. I think this will help the 3rd & 4th gen and will soon be trying this myself.

It's a bit of reading, but I think worth it.

http://www.electronicamotos.com.ar/technical-resources/library/known-issues/street_44900.html

If this has been posted before, then I apologize; if not, then I hope it can help solve the mysterious RR failure problems our bikes are so prone to experiencing. Perhaps we can even make it a permanent sticky.

Thanks,

D

 

Good article, he says the same thing I have been saying all along: Corroded contacts with high resistance generate heat. They pass voltage, but not current. Which is why they can't be found with a volt meter. It is the current that generates the heat and charges the battery.

 

i did not know that they had a crimp at the tank junction, will check mine

 

Good read, thanks. I'm in the process of rewiring my GS500 for almost the same reason. Black/corroded wiring causing all manner of problems.

 

This is why people who have run the rec/reg wires directly to the + and - neg of the battery have had no further problems

 

looks like i got something to do.

 

http://vfrworld.com/forums/showthread.php/39277-How-to-fix-common-regulator-Stator-failures?p=481227
So I was just posting this and came back across to this, I am post #99, any help is appreciated.