I'll have a look at all that, although all the connectors are brand new, so I'll look at the wires all again. The R6 regulator was secondhand though. Also I've had the bike for the last 2 days and it has been totally reliable, and I've not been exactly gentle with it. But as I've said I will beat this. I've not been beaten by a problem yet.reelrazor wrote:Stranglerman wrote:What is getting me is why it's not doing it all the time. I have ridden it to work and back today and it was no problem at all. Same again tomorrow, but a detour on the way home via some fast roads. Someone at work whom owned one of these years ago said something about reverse polarity caused by the generator starting to break down. Sound feasible???????????
NOT a "gennie"
It's an alternator...as in 'alternating current'-a three phase one to be exact. With a triad of windings on the stator being excited by a series of magnets in the flywheel.
There is NO polarity in regards to the alternator wiring.
The regulator/rectifier handles the conversion from AC to DC...look to it for trouble. Especially at the reg/rect's grounding path. This may be the source of your intermittant failure.
Tho, thinking more deeply upon it, I would suspect a general connectivity issue....poor wire connections and/or broken wire/bad terminal crimp.
Clean up every connection involved...the three phase stator output (trio of white wires)..connections at the reg/rect...reg/rect. grounding..and charge lead from reg/rect. Apply dielectric grease to the clean terminals.
See if the problem disappears.
And Mikey. It will not break again.
Reelrazor Thank you for the advice.
The weekend will bring results
