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Honda Regulator/Rectifier

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Installed a Duanage, Honda regulator/rectifier in my GS550ES. Had to relocate the unit forward and below the original location. So far it is working great and doesn't get HOT like the Suzuki one with the much smaller heat sink area. Thanks Duane........
 
I got my R/R from Duane in May and my bike has been running great ever since!!

Ed
 
I too ordered a honda r/r from duane, for 83 GS550E,

It was so much bigger than the suzuki unit i cut the cross brace round tube behind the battery and fabricated a new mounting braket for the honda unit farther away from the battery box.

I also fabricated an air scoop for the left side panel to redirect more air to it.

Thanks Duane.
 
Update

Update

Well since the forum went down i re did the r/r installation.

I moved the r/r to the left side of the battery and fabricated a mounting plate out of sheet steel.

This plate now has the r/r mounted to it as well as a CPU fan.

The CPU fan is engaged when the bike is in neutral and in first gear, and disengages when in all other gears, since air flow is highest when the bike is in motion.

It is a much cleaner installation and looks factory.

A note on the circuit the neutral is actually wired on a different circuit with the switch grounding it through the blue wire for anyone trying this.

Gears 1-6 are accessed through the harness plug connector under the tank.
 
It should, however i forgot to mention i also installed a relay to the fan, not because it draws a lot of current, but because i did not want voltage fluctuations going to the voltmeter giving me false readings.

I'll post pics now that the forum is back.
 
Thomas Kenny said:
Installed a Duanage, Honda regulator/rectifier in my GS550ES. Had to relocate the unit forward and below the original location. So far it is working great and doesn't get HOT like the Suzuki one with the much smaller heat sink area. Thanks Duane........
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Hey Duane, I may have spoke too soon. I put a new battery in my GS550ES this year, and I noticed that it was low on charge which is strange for this bike. I checked my voltage and it is back up to 16-17 volts which will ruin my battery. I will take time to check all of the connections and make sure that they are good. I hope I have a loose wire or something and the the R/R has not failed. :-( Tom
 
The sense wire will cause this. Try attaching it to the battery and see if the voltage drops.
 
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chef1366 said:
The sense wire will cause this. Try attaching it to the barttery and see if the voltage drops.
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I did the relay mod to my sense wire because of a high charge. My switched supply wire to the brakelight was only 10vdc. Thats where I connected my sense wire. I tried to clean every connector leading to it but nothing helped. I think its my ignition switch. Long story short.....Im dead on 14.5 vdc now. :)
 
Dirty switches will sometimes lower the voltage that ends up at the rear brake light switch. Obviously it is a good idea to measure what is on the orange wire and if significantly different from the battery find out what is stealing your volts.

The black wire tells the RR to up or down the charge voltage. Something OEM and the aftermarket RR don't do.

And yes it will work on a GS1000, I've lost count of how many went there.
 
Would love to see pics of this!!!!



gqrod said:
well since the forum went down i re did the r/r installation.

I moved the r/r to the left side of the battery and fabricated a mounting plate out of sheet steel.

This plate now has the r/r mounted to it as well as a cpu fan.

The cpu fan is engaged when the bike is in neutral and in first gear, and disengages when in all other gears, since air flow is highest when the bike is in motion.

It is a much cleaner installation and looks factory.

A note on the circuit the neutral is actually wired on a different circuit with the switch grounding it through the blue wire for anyone trying this.

Gears 1-6 are accessed through the harness plug connector under the tank.
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550ERAT said:
Would love to see pics of this!!!!
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I tried posting a pic of the fan on the r/r and the wiring but somehow could not get them to post i will have to set up a spot on photobucket to post the pics sorry for the delay.

I still have to get some color coded white with yellow stripe wire to hook the fan up to the first gear part of gear selector switch.

I also have to install a high amp circuit breaker to the new starter to prevent it from frying the cables.

The old starter motor was engaging while the engine was running slowing the engine down and the wires got so hot it made the battery bubble!!!! and heat up.

I just don't know how many amps is normal for the motor to draw?? anyone know?

I have seen a 100 amp breaker and a 150 amp breaker, i think the 100 amp should be enough but i'm still not sure. Anyone want to chime in ?
( not to jack the thread ) thanks.
 
GQROD said:
I tried posting a pic of the fan on the r/r and the wiring but somehow could not get them to post i will have to set up a spot on photobucket to post the pics sorry for the delay.

I still have to get some color coded white with yellow stripe wire to hook the fan up to the first gear part of gear selector switch.

I also have to install a high amp circuit breaker to the new starter to prevent it from frying the cables.

The old starter motor was engaging while the engine was running slowing the engine down and the wires got so hot it made the battery bubble!!!! and heat up.

I just don't know how many amps is normal for the motor to draw?? anyone know?

I have seen a 100 amp breaker and a 150 amp breaker, i think the 100 amp should be enough but i'm still not sure. Anyone want to chime in ?
( not to jack the thread ) thanks.
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I'm not sure why this would be necessary, the starter is only engaged for about 10 seconds at most. For the record it draws 20-25 amps depending on the engine being started.
 
duaneage said:
I'm not sure why this would be necessary, the starter is only engaged for about 10 seconds at most. For the record it draws 20-25 amps depending on the engine being started.
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I thought it drew 85 amps that is why i wanted to put in a breaker, when the old starter went bad it was engaging when i was riding.

It may have been the relay so i have to test the resistance on it, but the battery was boiling and and very hot, so the motor must have been drawing too many amps,so i just wanted to take precautions for the new one.
 
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