voltage regulator

[rideOn]

i'm thinking of stealing an idea from my wife's bike. the regulator is mounted to the front, on the frame, and is constantly exposed to free-flowing air. in addition to the other tips i've picked up in the forum, including running ground to the battery, i thought i might give it a whirl. brand new 14 ga wire is also on the menu. I'm gonna try this keeping the original device, to keep cost down. anyone else try this before?

 

[Steve]

Yep, it's been done, but not by me.

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[Larry D]

Yep..I've seen a bike here with the R/R out front. I forget who's it was....I think it was an 850L, maybe a 1100L....it had a nice wooly cover on the seat....

 

[mustangflyr]

R/r

R/r

I did it, works great stays cool.

 

[Theo]

That is exactly what I'm planning to do with mine.
-Theo

 

[Billy Ricks]

I use a computer fan on mine.

 

[Steve]

I don't have room for a fan on mine, .. err, my wife's bike.

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[Billy Ricks]

I don't have room for a fan on mine, .. err, my wife's bike.

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I moved mine from under the side panel to the front of the battery box since there is no airbox in the way.

 

[rideOn]

Yep..I've seen a bike here with the R/R out front. I forget who's it was....I think it was an 850L, maybe a 1100L....it had a nice wooly cover on the seat....

some things are better when they are a little wooly

 

[posplayr]

i thought i might give it a whirl. brand new 14 ga wire is also on the menu. I'm gonna try this keeping the original device, to keep cost down. anyone else try this before?

Yes they have and the 14ga is absolutely a good idea for all the wires if you are going to extend the wiring that far.

As an example see the recommendation to limit the distance between R/R and battery. This obvioulsy has to be related to wire size and not just distance although I can't find that in the spec.

http://www.shindengen.com/resources/Product/FH012AA.pdf