So i went to get on my bike today after riding yesterday and the battery was dead. I am in the process of charging the battery again to get it running. I was looking at my bike when i wired in my LED's for my license place ( which i wired into the constant power on the blinkers. When i was looking yesterday over the wiring i noticed something and i am thinking i need to fix it but i figured that you guys could tell me what i was fixing first so that i knew in the future what it was. Also i was planning on soldering it and putting some liquid electrical tape on it to keep it from corroding again.

-Jared

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That's prolly the reason your battery isn't charging.

That block to the left of your finger is the regulator / rectifier. It's job is to convert the AC current generated by the stator (aka alternator) to DC current and to regulate the amount of voltage to... charge the battery.

 

Ok so i went to solder it and the harness is burnt where it mounts to the regulator. What wire is that? there may be a problem with power surging which i gotta wait to test with a multimeter ( the battery is still charging)

 

Highly probable your r/r is toast. There's a diag for the r/r and stator in the manual. Test both.

 

Right on Kuro , just went through the same scenario myself and went with a new
MotoBatt from Ebay and a new R/R from the UK (updated version from the UK)
most oem R/R's are weak on these bikes. Testing the stator is indeed a smart move.

 

Test, test, test!! Don't do like a ton of people do and just throw money at parts when you're not sure. Make sure you wire up the plug so it's function properly (heat shrink tubing, soldering, etc. -- do it the right way) and then go through the charging tests. There's several potential culprits but, while the R/R is a likely candidate, it'd be a shame to buy a new one when you have other issues.

 

i totally agree chuckbear i will be testing the r/r b for i go any further