1985 gs550e lost electrical while riding

[XJlimitedx99]

So first off I just want to say that I have not worked on this bike at all other than oil changes and other minor maintainance. I have a manual for it but unfortunately cannot look at it now because my buddy and I just pushed my bike almost half a mile to his house.

I take this bike for long rides often, tonight I was 5 minutes down the road from work and my bike lost power, idled very rough for about 30 seconds, then shut off and had no lights or anything. We did a very quick roadside visual inspection and couldn't find any bad wires.

I read through the threads about stator and regulator/rectifier problems and I'm kinda leaning towards that being the problem. The stator is like a year old though. If anybody could give me some insight as to where I should be starting this diagnostics tomorrow I would appreciate it. I took my jeep off te road YESTERDAY to do a project on it, of course this happens now.

[rwnielsen]

Make sure nothing came loose. Easier to do when you can see better. It may be something simple.

[Guest]

Replace the main fuse even if it looks good.
Clean the fuse block.

[JEEPRUSTY]

Its most likely the regulator\rectifier.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showpost.php?p=1138531&postcount=1

[XJlimitedx99]

Thanks for the responses guys. I didn't get a chance to look at the bike this morning, I gotta work in half an hour and I still don't know how I'm going to get it home. I'll figure it out. Maybe I can look at it for a few hours tomorrow morning before work.

[mikerophone]

Plenty of posts here on the R/R and stator issues. If your bike has the OEM R/R, you'll want to replace with a Honda or series type. I replaced my E's OEM R/R with a Compufire linked here.

Do Posplayr's tests in the GS Charging System Health link JEEPRUSTY linked above on a fully charged battery and go from there.

[XJlimitedx99]

So it turns out a blew a main fuse, but why? I combed over most of the wires on the bike and althought I found lots of custom wires I didn't see anything that would cause it to short. Also, my high beam works when the bike is sitting in neutral but not while riding, any ideas on that?