Autumn bike trip cut short

[xstian]

Left Norfolk on Monday to spend the week riding the south coast, while we are still aloud.

Went to the bike this morning and the battery was flat. Jump started it, it ran for 30 seconds then conked out in a cloud of smoke. The regulator rectifier has burnt out.

Bummer. My mate has buggered off, as there was nothing he could do, so now waiting for a recovery truck to take it and me home.


stty ending to what had been a good trip so far.

[xstian]

Just got home.

I think it will be an easy fix. The local bike shop near Bournemouth said it would take 5 days to get the parts in, so I wasn't prepared to wait.

Battery is still reading 11.6v so will probably be OK. I'll look into a mosfet I think.

[xstian]

I went for a standard shunt reg/rec in the end. I've got the battery on charge and seems to be OK. I'll measure the resistance in the stator and go from there, hopefully it's fine.

[xstian]

I have a volt meter on mine, which was reading 13.9-14.1v the day before it went wrong. Looking at the damage I wonder if the wiring broke down where it enters the box.

[xstian]

Prof Prolapse said:

The cheap rectifiers go faster in my experience. Either find a premium replacement, or go to Honda.

I thought Honda had a very bad reputation for the failures of there rec/reg.