Alright guys,

1st, this is my first CBR and third bike overall, and the short one ride I have had on it has been awesome.

I bought it with a defunct regulator, so I went and grabbed another honda replacement from a scrap yard. (Not an F3 Regulator but should work from what I have read).

The previous owner had soldered the pins to the plugs and it looks like he had siliconed the connections in.

I put the pins on the new regulator yesterday, and put cables on my bike to just see if it would start.

As soon as I attached the cables, I started getting smoke from the regulator connection, and the bike kept cranking, but wouldn't turn over.

Also, the regultor got hot as s***.


I figured a regulator from a Honda would work..Am I better off to solder the wires into the tabs on the regulator and call it a day?

Why is it still smoking?

Some one please help me, I am still very Newb at this.

Tony

 

If that regulator was for an F3 it would have plugged right up but since the previous owner cut the wires your going to need a wiring chart to do it right. Also, a lot of F3 owners have upgraded the regulator from the OEM to a Suzuki regulator. You can find them for less than $50 on ebay. The regulator getting hot is normal but not the smoking of course.

If you do decide to go the ebay route, let me know and I'll take a picture of mine and try to help you out with the wiring connection.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

 

Jalen,

Thanks for the info! I think that I had the connections wrong like you said. Maybe thats why it was heating up prematurely, I probably had the ground and positive reversed and was feeding electricity to a pure ground, smoke being the product of that resistance.

My battery is completely dead, and I can't even charge it to test my RR now. I am going to pick up a battery after work, and plug the female to male connections through the wiring chart.

If all else fails, I may wind up going the eBay route that you suggested.

I'll let you know my progress later on tonight!

Thanks,

Tony

 

Jalen,

No luck man. I couldn't pull a number off of the regulator, so I am going to take it back to the Scrapyard and pick up a GSXR R/R. I am going to hardwire it in tonight and hopefully I can get it running. I will be one happy man.

I'll fill you in after the surgery.

 

The F3 uses 3 yellow wires from the stator.
These can be connected in any order to the matching 3 on the r/r.
The red/white is positive, the green is ground.

If you got smoke off the r/r then, it's literally, toast.
The gsxr is a compatible replacement, just be sure that it is from
a bike, that is of the same or greater displacement.

Hope this helps, Ern

 

Guys,

I got an 05 GSXR600 rr for 25 at the scrapyard. Plugged the connections up and she still wasnt firing. I had figured out that since I kept trying to turn her over, i probably fouled the plugs. Sure enough I replaced the NGKs and the turned over on the first crank.

I had it out for 45 minutes the other day and no problems at all. I have to stop and buy a new multimeter, I lost my old one in the move I think. It seems as though the rr is doing its job, no weird idle, battery is holding a decent charge.

Thank you guys for all the help!