I installed a 04 gsxr regulator/rectifier the other day after my stocker took a crap. I took it out for a ride and about a half hour later it was almost too hot to even touch. I remounted the ground to a better location after that and need to solder the wires *they were crimped because my gun didnt want to cooperate when I first wanted to install it but will be soldering it tonight* but it would get hot after reving constantly around 4-5k. I guess my question is if anyone else has done this how hot does there unit get? I am hoping soldering the wires makes a big difference but wanted a second opinion of someone who has done it already.

Thanks
Dave

 

anyone? I am hopefully going on a long ride today but am worried that itwill stop charging if it gets too hot.

Dave

 

I did the gsxr convert myself and even though I haven't touched it to see if it's getting hot...the seat and my *** feels like it's on fire when i'm riding [:'(]

 

well yesterday I put it to the test and rode for about 2 hours strait in 85 degree temp. I can definatly feel a difference with heat coming from under the seat but not enough to make any real discomfert and I tested voltage at about 3 different times durring the ride and never had any real charging issues so I guess I answered my own question. glad to be back out on the road.

 

could you post pics of your installed regulator? And how did you connect the wires?
I did the gsxr regulator, and just crimped the connections, now I am still having issues with my bike holding a charge, so maybe the connectors are faulty, or something.

 

well I dont have a camera I can use now but I just ran the wires like it said to when I did a search on here.

three black wires - three yellow on bike
one black and white - green
one black and red - red

at first I used crimp connectors and it seemed to get real hot real quick. After that I tried again and soldered them and took it for a long ride and everything seems to be working well. only time will tell.

Did you do the pinpoint test and did it point tword the rectifier?

Dave

 

yeah my reg gets pretty hot pretty quick, so I will prob go back and solder the wires. But I guess it means it is working.

what is the pinpoint test?

-Dave

 

I guess I meant to say did you do an electrical testto determine it was the regulator? The test I found had me test the battery,ground and harness,stator and regulator...

 

no, I haven't really done any tests. I am not sure how to test.
Do you have a link on how you tested them?

 

I went and soldered the connections, and found out that where i crimped them, was starting to melt, some of the connectors were fused together. If it gets that hot won't that loosen the solder?