Charging system is dead again.

[gearhead13]

I picked up a Shindengen r/r off of a GL1100 from ebay for about $40. Cheaper and way better quality than aftermarket crap. Solder ALL of your connections, R&R ground direct to battery, + wire direct to battery.

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

dunno if still available but there used to be an option for buying honda reg/rect that would work better for our bikes from another GSer....bwinger maybe?

A well-respected member, Mr. duaneage, used to sell these kits. He never made much, if any, money on them. He eventually had to stop offering his service. I hope he finds another supplier so he can resume his service. The guy is a prince.

Till then, eBay is about our only choice for the good, used Shindengen units. See the compatibility list on my website. There is also a "how to" guide for modifying them to fit our GS bikes.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[B-rent]

I pulled out the stator and found that the lowest point of the stator was also the hottest. The plastic stuff surrounding the wires was very brittle and cracked off easily. I mailed off both the stator and R/R to have them tested and replaced.

While that is being shipped around I will have time to check all wire connections and go through the carbs/valves.

So the proper way to wire the stator and R/R is to connect all three yellow wires from both stator and R/R together leaving out the red/white and green/white wires that were once a part of the party? That would leave the red wire connected back up with the red and the black directly to the battery?

I never did ask about how to wire this all up the first time I replaced it. I just plugged it all together the way it was before. I want to get it right this time.

Thanks for all your help.

 

[tom203]

Better late than never. The green/white wire comes from stator and goes up to headlight switch (does nothing on 82 models) and returns as red/white wire to R/R. You want the green/white wire to go DIRECT to R/R and just ignore the red/white wire. Read the charging system stuff at Basscliff's to get lots of good how-to's. Make sure you test everything


Edit; "plastic stuff surrounding wires" ?? was this a dipped stator?

 

[B-rent]

The wires had a blue coating on them when they were new. It looked black when I pulled it out.

 

[Toasty]

What kind of riding do you do? My 550 was burning up stators like crazy, despite rewiring, new and clean connections and adding a shindingen R/R. I commuted on it so I was running it at high rpm for hours. I ended up needing to bite the bullet and buy a compufire and ricks stator to fix it.

 

[tom203]

The wires had a blue coating on them when they were new. It looked black when I pulled it out.

The miracle blue goop- good for concealing winding errors! Here's a pic of a Honda Electrosport stator in process of being BBQ

 

[jbs80106]

while she's apart and your waiting for stator/reg-rect, might suggest pulling out the starter motor and giving it a clean -- accessible and you're in that area of the motor anyway..

 

[B-rent]

while she's apart and your waiting for stator/reg-rect, might suggest pulling out the starter motor and giving it a clean -- accessible and you're in that area of the motor anyway..

That is the one thing I really miss about my 750. The carbs come off much easier and you don't have to take them off to get to anything below them, but I love my 550m. The handling and feel is much different between the 78 750 and the 82 550m.

The drive to work every day is 10 miles, so 20 miles every day. I drive it every day unless something like a burnt stator stops me. I'm wondering if I need to start looking for another stator and R/R. How much could I expect to pay for a better charging system?

 

[gearhead13]

I picked up a Shindengen r/r off of a GL1100 from ebay for about $40. Cheaper and way better quality than aftermarket crap. Solder ALL of your connections, R&R ground direct to battery, + wire direct to battery.

There is info on the site about what R&R's are good

 

[B-rent]

So I called the guy at Electrosport and he confirmed that the stator was bad, and that the R/R was still good. The new stator and the same R/R will be arriving tomorrow.

I just want to make sure that i have the wiring all clear. I will connect the three yellow wires from the stator and the three yellow from the R/R together leaving out the other two wires altogether? Will everything work without the two extra wires connected to anything?

Do these extra wires need power still? Do I need to plug them in anywhere else or should I rip them out/ cover the connections?

Thanks, I just want to make sure I get it all right. I don't want improper wiring to be the fault of another dead stator. I guess it doesn't help that I'm using an Electrosport stator. I have found others who have had quality issues with these stators.