Inmates,

If you stand in front of the bike, the right hand side, underneath the seat cowel, there is a electrical conector bolted to the frame with a green earth wire bolted on. Everyone up with me so far?

I pulled it apart to clean with Wd40 only to find one of the wires looked burnt with a little melted plastic, straight away i thought this can't be right, and then i thought sh*it i am quick, nothing gets past me.

What does this do and how do i go about fixing it.
Everything on the bike works so there must be some current getting through.

By the way the the electrical "block" looked clean, just the connector side

Thanks

Aussie Johnno

 

Sounds like you're talking about the wiring to the Reg/Rec (regulator/rectifier).

 

I would have to ask, Have you ever riden in the rain?

 

As probaly the third owner, the bike could have been anywhere even to the very popular "tiger woods' LOL.

It looks to me at some point is has shorted, can you pull apart the connectors?

Aussie Johnno

 

Yeah, you can pull the connector and take a look at it.
My guess is that it's trying to push too hard on a questionable battery or just generally running hot (as they do).... maybe on it's way out. The Reg/Rec is a known weak point on these bikes anyway. If you decide to get a new one, I would look into an aftermarket one with a bigger heat sink.

 

I have found it impossible so far to find an aftermarket Reg/Rec here in Aussie.
Shadow posted a link for me i still hadn't heard from them,like 6 weeks later..wtf?

 

Do you mean this?



I have a new camera and I am not scared to use it...

 

Well, that sucks. I can see an aftermarket direct replacement being a pain to find, but you should be able to find a suitable replacement that you could just wire in.
I can certainly understand not wanting to do that, though. I know there are other models that are direct swap... like CBs, but I think there are actually ones for other makes that will swap, too. (I just can't remember exactly which ones)
I think the 87/88 ones are different than the newer ones, though. Like Indys is different than mine. His is the all aluminum looking one whereas mine is all black (and I'm pretty sure they have different connectors, too).

 

That's funny. Good stuff. Keep it coming.

Sure looks dirty under that seat. Get to work. It's winter. Nothing else to do.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HONDA...item1e592d1003

Here is one on ebay.

HONDA
REGULATOR - RECTIFIER
PART# 20-5375
FITS
CB750 NIGHTHAWK 1991 - 2004
CB1000 1994 - 1995
CBR1000F HURRICANE 1990 - 1991
CBR1000F HURRICANE 1993 - 1996
ST1100 1991 - 1995
ST1100A ABS 1992 - 1995

This might help some too...



http://www.regulatorrectifier.com/ca...406d3ed520c848

Another site.