Regulator rectifier (R/R) problem solved
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Took your advice on this. I cut off the crimped quick connects, and replaced with soldered quick connects. I feel better about this now. Thanks for the nudge.
I read somewhere that the best thing to do was cap the redundant set of pos & neg leads, so I did. So far so good. At 2500rpm, I am seeing about 13.25 or so, and at 5000rpms, I am seeing about 13.9ish. Seems to be working well so far, but I havent done a long ride yet.
Yup. Keeping a eye on things for sure. Did just a mile or so trip today to test it out, and seems to be doing well so far. The RR was a little warm to the touch, but NOTHING like the stock RR. The wires and harness were also a bit warm, but substantially less than before the GSXR RR went on. It would burn the crap out of me after just a few minutes of running before.
Having other problems with the bike that I havent figured out yet (bogging down over 5K rpms), so I dont want to get too far from home until I figure that problem out.
I read somewhere that the best thing to do was cap the redundant set of pos & neg leads, so I did. So far so good. At 2500rpm, I am seeing about 13.25 or so, and at 5000rpms, I am seeing about 13.9ish. Seems to be working well so far, but I havent done a long ride yet.
Yup. Keeping a eye on things for sure. Did just a mile or so trip today to test it out, and seems to be doing well so far. The RR was a little warm to the touch, but NOTHING like the stock RR. The wires and harness were also a bit warm, but substantially less than before the GSXR RR went on. It would burn the crap out of me after just a few minutes of running before.
Having other problems with the bike that I havent figured out yet (bogging down over 5K rpms), so I dont want to get too far from home until I figure that problem out.
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Not sure exactly what I did, but I took the carbs off, cleaned them, and put everything back together, and it was running like crap. so today I tore everything off again, recleaned the carbs, took the petcock apart, reassembled everything, and it now is running great!
Dont know what the heck I did wrong the first time (or what I did right this time), but just happy its working now. I was just about to give up on this piece of crap if it didnt work this time...so lucky it worked out!
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Not sure exactly what I did, but I took the carbs off, cleaned them, and put everything back together, and it was running like crap. so today I tore everything off again, recleaned the carbs, took the petcock apart, reassembled everything, and it now is running great!
Dont know what the heck I did wrong the first time (or what I did right this time), but just happy its working now. I was just about to give up on this piece of crap if it didnt work this time...so lucky it worked out!
Not sure exactly what I did, but I took the carbs off, cleaned them, and put everything back together, and it was running like crap. so today I tore everything off again, recleaned the carbs, took the petcock apart, reassembled everything, and it now is running great!
Dont know what the heck I did wrong the first time (or what I did right this time), but just happy its working now. I was just about to give up on this piece of crap if it didnt work this time...so lucky it worked out!
was fun and all just i dont know anything about bikes and got a great offer on my bike as i only paid 1400$ for it and put a new rr on it and a diode on the headlights because it was a wrecked bike and the people i got it from replaced the upper farring and headlights werent in the race farring they put on so they put aftermarket lights diode lets me have one on for low beams and high beams have both lites on.
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so i was wondering if i have having a problem with my R/R because my battery seems to be fine but i cant start my bike without jumping it...i havent had any problems while riding it though like i have read some people having in this thread. Basically it started fine wednesday then after work it started like the battery was low and then thursday morning it wouldnt start at all without a jump...but after it started hard wednesday evening it didnt give me any trouble while riding, the idle was fine and it wasnt overheating or anything like some others seemed to be doing...so in another thread some people were suggesting it was my rr?
so i was wondering if i have having a problem with my R/R because my battery seems to be fine but i cant start my bike without jumping it...i havent had any problems while riding it though like i have read some people having in this thread. Basically it started fine wednesday then after work it started like the battery was low and then thursday morning it wouldnt start at all without a jump...but after it started hard wednesday evening it didnt give me any trouble while riding, the idle was fine and it wasnt overheating or anything like some others seemed to be doing...so in another thread some people were suggesting it was my rr?
honestly, the first step with any of these electrical problems should be to do the tests outlined in the beginning of the thread. most of the time you will find your issue. if not, then post up.
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ive actually avoiding riding it since i first noticed it acting funny. Ive only jumped it to test the voltage on the battery but i havent been out riding it since then. I plan to run through that troubleshooting flow chart tonight to see what i come up with. It definitely will not start on its own though and i have charged the battery all the way too.
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So I just installed my new GSX-R 600 R/R today on my '92 F2, and it's seems to work fine so far. I haven't taken the bike out yet though, as I have a question.
When I put my voltmeter on battery terminals at idle, I'm reading around 14.7V. At 5000RPM it drops to 14.15V. It still falls within the parameters of a properly functioning charging system according to this chart
http://www.offwidth.co.uk/bike/gener...lt_finding.pdf
...but it seems counter-intuitive to me for the voltage to drop when engine RPMs are increased. Am I just being paranoid, or is something still not quite right? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
When I put my voltmeter on battery terminals at idle, I'm reading around 14.7V. At 5000RPM it drops to 14.15V. It still falls within the parameters of a properly functioning charging system according to this chart
http://www.offwidth.co.uk/bike/gener...lt_finding.pdf
...but it seems counter-intuitive to me for the voltage to drop when engine RPMs are increased. Am I just being paranoid, or is something still not quite right? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
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Took your advice on this. I cut off the crimped quick connects, and replaced with soldered quick connects. I feel better about this now. Thanks for the nudge.
I read somewhere that the best thing to do was cap the redundant set of pos & neg leads, so I did. So far so good. At 2500rpm, I am seeing about 13.25 or so, and at 5000rpms, I am seeing about 13.9ish. Seems to be working well so far, but I havent done a long ride yet.
Yup. Keeping a eye on things for sure. Did just a mile or so trip today to test it out, and seems to be doing well so far. The RR was a little warm to the touch, but NOTHING like the stock RR. The wires and harness were also a bit warm, but substantially less than before the GSXR RR went on. It would burn the crap out of me after just a few minutes of running before.
Having other problems with the bike that I havent figured out yet (bogging down over 5K rpms), so I dont want to get too far from home until I figure that problem out.
I read somewhere that the best thing to do was cap the redundant set of pos & neg leads, so I did. So far so good. At 2500rpm, I am seeing about 13.25 or so, and at 5000rpms, I am seeing about 13.9ish. Seems to be working well so far, but I havent done a long ride yet.
Yup. Keeping a eye on things for sure. Did just a mile or so trip today to test it out, and seems to be doing well so far. The RR was a little warm to the touch, but NOTHING like the stock RR. The wires and harness were also a bit warm, but substantially less than before the GSXR RR went on. It would burn the crap out of me after just a few minutes of running before.
Having other problems with the bike that I havent figured out yet (bogging down over 5K rpms), so I dont want to get too far from home until I figure that problem out.