After I got back from about an hour ride I smelled something odd. I took off my seat to hook up my battery tender and the damn battery was smoking with the voltage regulator way to hot. DAMN IT!!!!!![sm=rant.gif]

The good part of it all is that is not that expensive to fix. The regulator (mount up, I am a dork yes) upgrade is$100 plus a new battery.

 

i just had to replace mine on saturday ! 1st my stator was bad so fixed that, then had to replace the battery. then that battery went dead replaced it with a new one... everything was fine for about 2-3 weeks then the rectifier went out. i noticed it got super hot. if its not one damn things its another ! lol but i hear that is a very common problem on the f2/f3's

 

This is a description of the regulator I am thinking about getting. Any options?

Thee High Performance version we are selling


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Has 60% more and larger internal diodes which allows forhigher output wattage[/align][*]
Has aluminum metal backing, which allows for proper heat dissipation, and eliminates dips in power (RPM’s) like the other regulator rectifier shown in picture[/align][/ul]
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TheHIGHPERFORMANCE model allows for proper heat dissipation, by effectively mating to the frame so that heat would transfer to the frame[/align][/ul]

This cheap version
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Contains less Diodes in it, because it was not even designed for the CBR 600/ 900, which cause a constraint strain on the unit[/align][/ul]
Less Output Wattage
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Cannot Effectively dissipate heat, causing overheating which was the flaw in the OEM model which ultimately cause it to burn out like your OEM Regulator Rectifier [/align][/ul]
Thischeap regulator rectifier version (shown on top of the white box) is being sold on eBay.


This other regulator rectifier versionheatsup so hot that it might behard to sit on your CBR seat!
It is highly recommend to avoid it as they are prone to failure because they cannot dissipate heat.
You will regret not buying this version of regulator rectifier when you are stuck out in the middle of nowhere on your CBR.

 

****, mine was $220 when i had to replace it 6 months ago.

 

I went with a heavy duty reg, bout 3 times the size of the original (and all of that are heat sinks), guy at the shop had to make slight mods to attach it, but only took 5 minutes. Said that it would outlast the bike, oh yeah, same price as the genuine Honda item.

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Where did you get and how much?

 

It was a couple hundred bucks (Aus) fitted, can't remeber exactly

 

Can you tell a difference at all?