1979 GS 550 Remove third phase loop through handlebar switch

[roeme]

This is for reference; for those with a sh!tty internet connection in a parking garage with bad lighting (Like me a few hours ago).

This assumes a stock R/R.

To route the third phase of your stator directly into the rectifier, connect the White/Green wire coming from the stator to the White/Red wire going into the rectifier.

If your stator has been replaced (or a later version), you might have three identically colored wires from the stator (usually yellow), you can simply refer to the connecting wires instead - they are colored identically (at least on my stock bike).

And now replace the R/R with a SH775.

 

[posplayr]

This is for reference; for those with a sh!tty internet connection in a parking garage with bad lighting (Like me a few hours ago).

This assumes a stock R/R.

To route the third phase of your stator directly into the rectifier, connect the White/Green wire coming from the stator to the White/Red wire going into the rectifier.

If your stator has been replaced (or a later version), you might have three identically colored wires from the stator (usually yellow), you can simply refer to the connecting wires instead - they are colored identically (at least on my stock bike).

And now replace the R/R with a SH775.

You might consider that when routing the stator directly to the R/R that:

"...................neither, color, order or country of origin matter. Simply that the wires are assigned in an unambiguous and mutually exclusive manner to the R/R."

This is generally of great benefit in dark parking structures as it can be accomplished with little to no visible light.

 

[roeme]

(...) Simply that the wires are assigned in an unambiguous and mutually exclusive manner to the R/R." (...)

While true, in my particular case the wire harnesses made it hard to determine which of the wires went up to the handlebar, and which one to the battery.