'83 GS550L Charging Issue

[jtjastal]

I have put 500 miles on my bike this spring with no problems...until yesterday. The battery is not charging at all at low or high RPM's. I have read the Stator Papers and am prepared to do all the testing on the electrical this weekend after I purchase a good multimeter.

First a couple quick questions some of you who know more about electrical issues may be able to help me with. In my initial probing into the problem I noticed that when the engine is idling and I disconnect the RR wiring harness the RPM's go up very noticably. Do any of you electrical gurus know what that means? Also, if I do narrow it down to either a bad RR or a bad stator, should I just replace BOTH with Electrosport to save headaches down the road. Thanks for any input...

[BassCliff]

Greetings and Salutations!!

Hi Mr. jtjastal,

It seems you already have 12 posts and I have yet to welcome you properly to the forum. Before I do that, your charging issues can be remedied by reading The Stator Papers and using the troubleshooting chart included therein. It helps to check and clean EVERY electrical connection and ground, including the fusebox, ignition switch, etc, on the entire wiring harness. Connect the ground wire from the r/r unit directly to the negative terminal of the battery. The Electrosport is fine for a stator. But I would suggest getting a r/r unit from member duaneage. I'm glad you've joined us.

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