need advice replacing R/R gs450e 8/83

[hectic_aussie]

ok
the bike I just bought (gs450e 8/83) doesn't charge and I took off the R/R to find it's off a yamaha , and has 6 wires coming out of not 5 as I think I have read it should

so the extra wire goes over to a relay on the other side of the bike

Is that relay meant to be there ?
What would I be looking for / at to putting it back to the 5 wire like I am sure to be sent when ordering a new R/R (and stator I guess while I'm at it)

regards Simon.

Just adding I am replacing the R/R cause I did the 'red wire on red and black on one of the yellow and test each ' from stator pages and I get no reading from any ?

 

[posplayr]

Not sure about the Yamaha but the 6 wire Honda is nearly identical to the standard 5 wire. The only difference is that there is a sense wire to measure the battery voltage. While this wire can be hooked directly to the battery it will tend to drain the battery when the engine is off. That is the reason the sense wire is usually connected to a switched power source. The best is to a mechanical relay.

 

[hectic_aussie]

I was thinking , it looks like just an added wire going to that relay attached by a wire clamp , so tomorrow i'll grab a second hand R/R and throw it in and just take off said extra wire and see how it all goes. It's not charging now so it can't get any worse ... or maybe I shouldn't say that