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Suzuki type regulator/rectifier in old Honda?

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davidduarte

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in my 74 CB200, the regulator and rectifier are 2 separate units. Is it possible to use a regulator/rectifier, as in the GS bikes, in my old Honda?
 
Just don't use a GS R/R, unless it's the large 1980 type used on the 1000's. Most GS R/R's were little dinky things that didn't provide much of a service life.
 
davidduarte said:
in my 74 CB200, the regulator and rectifier are 2 separate units. Is it possible to use a regulator/rectifier, as in the GS bikes, in my old Honda?
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I would compare your wiring schematic with the bike first. Those old Hondas only had a rectifier with an AC feed to the headlight. Headlight only worked when the motor was running. Someone may have fitted something else in the last 35 years.
The charging system is similar than some of the Chinese scooters if you want to upgrade.

The GS regulators are for 3 phase alternators and a bit different.
 
Matchless said:
I would compare your wiring schematic with the bike first. Those old Hondas only had a rectifier with an AC feed to the headlight. Headlight only worked when the motor was running. Someone may have fitted something else in the last 35 years.
The charging system is similar than some of the Chinese scooters if you want to upgrade.

The GS regulators are for 3 phase alternators and a bit different.
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the headlight on my bike does work even if the engine is not running. It's probably moot at this point anyway. I thought I had a more serious problem. Turned out to be a bad connector that was causing a short and blowing the fuse. I had pulled the air cleaners off and taken the battery out, and started replacing the bullet connectors, when I found a 2 into 1 connector that was wedged between the battery box and the rear mud guard. Not sure if it came that way from the factory or if someone mistakenly routed it through while repairing it, and years of friction and vibration wore a hole in the insulation causing it to short out. I'm very glad that was a relatively easy fix :D:dancing:
 
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