Found my battery dead last week and started poking around for what to check. Bike is an '05 with about 12.5k miles on it.
I hadn't been watching the volt meter and it turns out I was getting nothing to the battery while running. I pulled the r/r and checked the continuity/ohms on the pins and it's not reading anything. I checked the continuity between the yellow stator inputs and they seemed ok but they also had a reading to the chassis. Two of the pairs seem to put out decent AC voltage and the other was lower (measured at low rpm idle).
At this point, I'm working on the assumption that the r/r is dead and the stator is shorting.
The motor/electrical haven't been modified in any significant way.
Based on the info I found here, I ordered a "super mosfet kit" from roadstercycle. I have questions about the rewiring bypassing the harness as it seems to leave a wire (was it load splitting?).
I do have the Clymer book for reference.
Also, I'm not sure of the current "best practices" when it comes to the stator. I saw the $450+ kit from TOC but it doesn't include the stator. I might have the resources to do the machining on the cover and get one of the plate kits from gcextreme or similar. Stators from partzilla are currently $340.
I'm hoping a new r/r will get it to run through the end of the season (unless that is a really bad idea for some reason).
If I get into the motor far enough to get the cover off, what else should I be doing while I'm in there?
Thanks in advance for the support and for keeping this great source of information alive!
I hadn't been watching the volt meter and it turns out I was getting nothing to the battery while running. I pulled the r/r and checked the continuity/ohms on the pins and it's not reading anything. I checked the continuity between the yellow stator inputs and they seemed ok but they also had a reading to the chassis. Two of the pairs seem to put out decent AC voltage and the other was lower (measured at low rpm idle).
At this point, I'm working on the assumption that the r/r is dead and the stator is shorting.
The motor/electrical haven't been modified in any significant way.
Based on the info I found here, I ordered a "super mosfet kit" from roadstercycle. I have questions about the rewiring bypassing the harness as it seems to leave a wire (was it load splitting?).
I do have the Clymer book for reference.
Also, I'm not sure of the current "best practices" when it comes to the stator. I saw the $450+ kit from TOC but it doesn't include the stator. I might have the resources to do the machining on the cover and get one of the plate kits from gcextreme or similar. Stators from partzilla are currently $340.
I'm hoping a new r/r will get it to run through the end of the season (unless that is a really bad idea for some reason).
If I get into the motor far enough to get the cover off, what else should I be doing while I'm in there?
Thanks in advance for the support and for keeping this great source of information alive!