F3 Stator is bad, looking for a replacement...
 

My stator is down a leg, gonna have to replace it.
OEM is out of the question, $400+...REALLY!?
I've turned up 2 after-markets, Rick's and Electrosport.
Anyone have any experience/comments about either/or?

Thanks, Ern

Sorry I have no input for ya.


But that stinks your stator is dead, I know its a shot in the dark if their any good or not but have you looked on ebay for a stock one. If the price is low enough it may be worth the risk.

It's not dead but it sure as heck ain't charging right.
plus it's blown one of the top-end diodes on my new r/r.
Don't want a used one, I'm hoping to get higher output, as well.
The after-market are supposed to give a 20%-ish boost from
better, more modern windings.
grrr, Ern

Well, unless anyone wants to give me re-assurance, I went ahead and ordered
the Electrosport, Stator and a new r/r for my beastie.
So this thread is effectively dead, unless I do an after-action report.

Thanks anyway, Ern

Meh, bit late, but the Rick's stators hold up fairly well. I don't think you should worry too much because it's aftermarket.

check this out >Electrex World Limited - Electrical Parts for Motorcycles

The Electrex site is the original UK site to Electrosport. I think they are still affilliated.

Spent the afternoon, following my own advice. Went through the entire harness,
cleaning and grease-packing all of the connectors. Pulled a couple of marginal patches
and re-soldered and heat-shrinked them. Generally, spiffed up the whole thing, from
nose to tail. It was actually, in suprisingly, good shape. So now, I just have to wait
for the new stator and r/r to arrive and I should be solid, when that's taken care of.

Thanks for the assist, Ern

Here's the post-report, if anyone is curious.

It was the stator and r/r, took about 2 1/2 hours, total.
An hour of that was razor-blading the old gasket off and
buffing the seats. Yes, I actually remembered the new
gasket in advance.

Fortunatly, I had about 2 grand on the oil, so it wasn't a
total waste there, either. Although, I'm more of a 'once a year'
or 5000 miler for oil/filter changes normally.

Took her out for a 25 mile juant, unfortunatly it was 43 degrees out,
so I couldn't really push the gerbing jacket/gloves hard. More than
about 25% on the thermostat and it got too hot. However, briefly
I ran it on high and was still getting a solid 13+ volts @ 3000 RPM.
So I'm good, even in slow traffic, as far as sufficent out-put.

As a side note, for those interested in monitoring voltage. I found
a company called Koso that makes a really cool digital read-out.
They had different colors available, I went with a blue led. The knob
and red led, mounted on the left, is the thermostat for the heated
riding gear.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...65070024_n.jpg

Rear-ward of the battery, under the seat I added an accessery relay

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...32278828_n.jpg

Sad part is, a lot of time and money later...no bling, my sig still stands, she's a 20
(some say 25, I saw that comment on my exhaust in the F3 pic thread) footer.

Ern

Congrats on getting her running again man.



Also on a side note, KOSO RULES! I love my gauges I have from them. I have the GP gauges with no speedo. The RX2-NR, I gave up on my speedo heeler helping with the constant tire and gearing changes and just got rid of the speedo all together.