well about 3 weeks ago I replaced my regulator...due to it going out and taking my battery along with it. Purhcased a new regulator anda battery. Now when I replaced the regulator I had to cut the **** out of the old one in order to get it disconnected, due to it being melted. I got by with the connector being ok, and plugged it into the new regulator. Now when I did this, I checked the charging voltage, which at around 5k was a low 14v, which I was happy with.

Now tonight, about 3 weeks later, I am riding home from school, come up to a stop light...and blah she dies. Head lights still on....not even enough juice to crank it over. Pushed it home...busted out the volt meter and my battery had somthing like 6 volts. So I charged it for a while, and it started back up...but idled kinda rough. At idle it was in the mid 11 volts and around 7-8k it would do more then 13.2. For ****s and giggles I pegged it off the limiter once(and also being pissed off...) and it went to about 11.75...and slowly dropped from there. I shut the bike off, and re-started it and if I slowly revved it, it would go to like i said...no higher then about 13.2....my thought is the stator has taken a ****...which is killing my regulator...which is killing my batteries....Any ideas on this one?

Also is there a difference between the f2 and f3 stators? Thanks guy...this is starting to become a head ache...

 

also I forgot to mention that the connector seems to be melted into this regulator as well....someone please help....

 

Happened on the f4. I had to change the stator and rectifier with an aftermarket. I would ride for a while then dead. Checked the connectors and the plastic melted into the metal connectors. The melted connectors was at the stator end and I wasusing the triple plug. After 2 attempts I eventually separated the three connectors to individuals (without the triple plug) and so far no problems. You using the triple plug or some type of combo? I would change them and individually connect them. Don't know why it happened... I even cleaned the metal connectors with the appropriate solution and I still had problems.

 

its not melting at the stator end...its melting at the regulator end, and the one that seems to do the main melting is one coming from the stator. Anyone else?

 

The guy from ebay just wrote and said he sent me a new regulator free of charge...should I hack off the junk connector that is melted and just use female ends on the wires to prevent this from happening again? I am hoping that this thing just took a **** and the stator is fine. When I installed this regulator, the plug was kind of iffy...it took forever to get out of the old regulator, seeing as how it melted into that one as well, and it took some time getting it out. When I did get it out...I cleaned it as best as I could, but I'm not sure if I got all of the burnt plastic out....If anyone has some input that would be awesome. I am going to work on it some more this evening and see what I can come up with...

 

I had similar problems. I got an aftermarket regulator and all is well. I strongly suggest you get a new connector, or just hard wire some female plugs onto each wire and connect them to the regulator that way, just make sure you hook them up correctly.

Also, do each one of the steps in this guide:

http://cbrworld.net/forums/thread/140473.aspx

If you skip steps, you can easily miss the problem and fry another regulator and battery.

 

yeah I followed them steps before I replaced the r/r for the first time...I am hopeing the one he sent me was just ****. I ohm'd the wires out last night when I got the bike home and the stator seemed to be fine... it just sucks as this really saves me gas and I get to work a lot faster when the bike is running. Oh well. What is you guys input on doing the individual plugs for the r/r??

 

anyone?

 

Wow, all I have to say is that is one nice ebay guy!

 

I will agree. Well at least I hope he is nice and just isn't ripping me off...and sending me junk every time.

But I am still wondering if it would be ok to cut the plug off and connect each wire by itself to the regulator...?