I own an 01 750. In March '03 I installed a Yuasa MF battery, bought an Electrex RR26 as a precaution against stator failure. I also installed a VDO voltmeter to monitor things. This past April @25800mi my stator went anyway, and I replaced it w/ a new Electrex G5. The installation went fine, and on my initial 70mi 'test' ride w/ my totally Electrex charging system, all seemed OK. I was seeing just over 14v most times.
During the first leg of my next ride, I noticed the voltage started around 14v, then waivered between 13.5 - 13.8, finally settling at just less than 13.5v. Hmmmmm....
I watched this for ~ 5mi and finally had seen enough. I pulled over, and after checking all connections for heat, looseness etc, I yanked the Electrex RR out of the system and reconnected the stock unit still mounted under the battery. Voila'....I immediately got 14.5v - 14.8v at most times over 2500rpm for the next 190mi, and for the 2700mi I have put on since then w/ the OEM RR. Obviously (to me) there had to be a difference in the output charging voltages btw the Electrex and the OEM, all else being equal....
When I got home. I wrote Electrex tech support abt this difference in output as measured in the 'real world'.
To make a long story short...the founder of Electrex followed up himself. Ritzo Muntinga emailed me back and arranged for tech support to check my RR. It took nearly 2 weeks for them to get back to me after I mailed the unit to them, but they found my RR to be turning on and off (shorting out??) occasionally when it got hot. They replaced my 13mo old RR (1month out of warrantee) w/ a brand new unit...I just installed it today!
Needless to say...I am very happy w/ Electrex's service on this issue...they did not have to do what they did, seeing as how my RR was out of warrantee, if only by a month....Thumbs Up!
Today I will ride w/ my new Electrex charging system...I am very interested to see what my voltmeter tells me.
During the first leg of my next ride, I noticed the voltage started around 14v, then waivered between 13.5 - 13.8, finally settling at just less than 13.5v. Hmmmmm....
I watched this for ~ 5mi and finally had seen enough. I pulled over, and after checking all connections for heat, looseness etc, I yanked the Electrex RR out of the system and reconnected the stock unit still mounted under the battery. Voila'....I immediately got 14.5v - 14.8v at most times over 2500rpm for the next 190mi, and for the 2700mi I have put on since then w/ the OEM RR. Obviously (to me) there had to be a difference in the output charging voltages btw the Electrex and the OEM, all else being equal....
When I got home. I wrote Electrex tech support abt this difference in output as measured in the 'real world'.
To make a long story short...the founder of Electrex followed up himself. Ritzo Muntinga emailed me back and arranged for tech support to check my RR. It took nearly 2 weeks for them to get back to me after I mailed the unit to them, but they found my RR to be turning on and off (shorting out??) occasionally when it got hot. They replaced my 13mo old RR (1month out of warrantee) w/ a brand new unit...I just installed it today!
Needless to say...I am very happy w/ Electrex's service on this issue...they did not have to do what they did, seeing as how my RR was out of warrantee, if only by a month....Thumbs Up!
Today I will ride w/ my new Electrex charging system...I am very interested to see what my voltmeter tells me.