Well I'm on the second regulator rectifier for my 99 VFR . It's a Honda replacment part and I was curious if there are any aftermarket units which last a little longer. Also who makes a good replacement front fork spring for a 200 pound rider ?
Some of the Shindengen R/Rs you can get as aftermarket units are actually a bit better then the ones Honda buys from them. But you're still left with crappy wiring, unless you rewire or buy the "VFRness".
[image: View Post]FLYONWALL9, on Oct 20 2007, 11:58 PM, said:
I hate to feel dumb, I have always been told if you don't know something
ask. So, whats the deal are the wires not large enough on the larger VFR's?
tons of posts on this....first thought was not large enough wire, but now it seems more symptom then issue....real problem seems to be that the there is a feedback wire that goes through several connectors on its way to monitoring the battery voltage. bad connections cause the feedback voltage to drop, the r/r kicks up the voltage to accomodate even though it really doesn't need to as the battery voltage is fine. continues doing this until things start getting fried by the higher voltage.
ken, one of our friendly kanucks found a fix for this issue and posted it
search on "monitor wire" or "rr" or "r/r" or "beef up the wires" or "6th gen electrical problems"
The '99 doesn't have the feedback wire to the battery like the 6th generation bikes have.
However, the 5th generation bikes seem to have a heating problem with the R/R and that is why I added the fan.
Also, the stock wire harness has inferior connectors and the wires are too small. This is the shameful negative of an
otherwise very sweet machine. IMHO.
[image: View Post]PorscheBob, on Oct 21 2007, 07:45 AM, said:
Also, the stock wire harness has inferior connectors and the wires are too small. This is the shameful negative of an
otherwise very sweet machine. IMHO.
Preachin to the Choir buddy.
The R/R is not my making (I don't have the equipment for that), but rather an upgraded OEM design that Ricks makes. Much heavier casting, runs a LOT cooler. Add to that the better wiring from the VFRness and I think we have a winner.
I'm not too sure how easy or hard the R/R on the larger bikes
are to get to, but for mine I got the new Honda part which does
have larger heat sinks vs the older ones that didn't have this. I
had an aftermarket that didn't go bad, so what I did was install
both. One is on the top of the subframe in the rear the other is
mounted on the underside in the same place. If it goes out while
I am on the road all I have to do is pull over, take the under tail
off and then plug in the back up. On my bike you can tell when
they fail because the gauges start acting funny. Like stated before
you can install a volt meter and know right away. But being I
already had two I just put them both on the bike.
[image: View Post]PorscheBob, on Oct 21 2007, 07:45 AM, said:
The '99 doesn't have the feedback wire to the battery like the 6th generation bikes have.
However, the 5th generation bikes seem to have a heating problem with the R/R and that is why I added the fan.
Also, the stock wire harness has inferior connectors and the wires are too small. This is the shameful negative of an
otherwise very sweet machine. IMHO.
yep, you're right. i looked on his sig to see what gen he had. missed it in his post. sorry.
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