https://cbrforum.com/forum/general-tech-9/regulator-rectifier-fried-117756/

let me know what you think. thanks

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VFR75...#ht_3678wt_754

thats a link to one.

but you can make one yourself pretty easy

 

that's what i was thinking

 

screw rectifier, hook up red cable from the harness to + on battery and ground the - cable... I know people running their bikes like this (non F3) and they run perfectly fine.

 

and they will fry their battery. the stator (alternator) puts out AC and the battery takes DC. That's what the rectifier is rectifying. Otherwise you just destroyed your battery.

 

If it's for street, I would recommend using the R/R, and not bypassing it.
The only time id see the need to remove/bypass it would be if you had it for track.

And even then you can disconnect it just fine.

 

i'm gonna have to disagree with you spicy. you don't want to bypass it. if you hook the battery directly to the stator you are going to blow up the battery or at least fry it.

 

Nah you wont, you'll have a little lag on higher revs, but it wont kill the battery

 

for both of you, and so we can make this clear:

you can run the bike without the r/r.
simply disconnect it.
a lot of track guys remove the whole charging system, and charge their battery between runs. That's what I meant by bypassing it.

Literally, the r/r regulates the voltage coming back to charge the battery.
thats its job, so removing it allows improper charging and possibly short circuiting your bike.

I would not recommend it.


I already suggested using it, because its part of the bike and how it's meant to function. But when mine went, until the next one came in, I simply ignored it, and used a charger between trips to keep the battery from being drained.

Kero, as long as we are on "I've heard people who do this" subject: I've heard people swear it's ok to go without the fuel pump, but I literally know from first hand experience what happens when you do, and I won't ever again because it almost caused me to have a wreck in heavy interstate traffic.

 

Kero, I don't want people reading this thread, and messing up their bike, in hopes of "shedding their bike of a few pounds" and wind up in a wreck, or stranded because of an electrical problem.

Unless it's a track bike, you will need an R/R.