ricks stator is junk

[Nessism]

You can run on the battery no problem. With a fully charged battery you should be able to get though a good portion of a full tank of gas.

60 V AC is not very good. I agree, sounds like a bum stator.

[gs850cafe]

You can run on the battery no problem. With a fully charged battery you should be able to get though a good portion of a full tank of gas.

60 V AC is not very good. I agree, sounds like a bum stator.

ah...ive done alot of highway travel...including a 250 or so mile round trip of alot of 6-6.5k rpm for 2 hours at a time...

really a full tank of gas lol....i have an led brake light...should i leave the headlight connected? i have foglights too...should i run just them only?

thanks for the help

[salty_monk]

The less power you use the longer it will last if you're going to run it total loss.

Obviously it's safer with full lighting though..

[koolaid_kid]

"Thank you officer, I was not aware that my headlight was burned out. I'll replace it right away." Seriously.

[salty_monk]

I had an aftermarket stator on one bike that put out 60v AC on all three legs & it worked fine.... (1000G).

Plus you are at 4k rpm not 5k rpm so it will be a bit lower (the 5k rpm figure is usually about 70-75v).

I put about 15k miles on it with that stator & who knows when it was changed out...

I would be more worried if one leg was a lot different to the other two.

[gs850cafe]

I had an aftermarket stator on one bike that put out 60v AC on all three legs & it worked fine.... (1000G).

Plus you are at 4k rpm not 5k rpm so it will be a bit lower (the 5k rpm figure is usually about 70-75v).

I put about 15k miles on it with that stator & who knows when it was changed out...

I would be more worried if one leg was a lot different to the other two.

i sent both in to warranty

[OldVet66]

Ricks stators are excellent, unfortunately, Ricks or any of the other after market R/Rs are not much better than the stock Suzuki R/Rs and can easily fail quickly and damage their associated stators. You have to match your new after market stator with a known good type of R/R. There is tons of information on this site about that subject. Do not use the Ricks R/R even if they replace it.

[gs850cafe]

Ricks stators are excellent, unfortunately, Ricks or any of the other after market R/Rs are not much better than the stock Suzuki R/Rs and can easily fail quickly and damage their associated stators. You have to match your new after market stator with a known good type of R/R. There is tons of information on this site about that subject. Do not use the Ricks R/R even if they replace it.

i have no choice to use it i cant afford one for a while

[Toasty]

If you want I have a spare Shindingen R/R that I can send you for free, just send me a couple bucks for shipping.

[gs850cafe]

If you want I have a spare Shindingen R/R that I can send you for free, just send me a couple bucks for shipping.

will be a week or so...i spent my last 6 bux shipping my parts to ricks..send me a pm with you address

[gs850cafe]

no word on what their verdict is...but i thought of something....can the flywheel go bad?...like maybe magnets went weak?

[blowerbike]

no word on what their verdict is...but i thought of something....can the flywheel go bad?...like maybe magnets went weak?

i have never seen a GS rotor become demagnetized..
unlike a large amount of CB honda's.
crash damaged and the magnet(s) becoming loose is a different story.

[gs850cafe]

i have never seen a GS rotor become demagnetized..
unlike a large amount of CB honda's.
crash damaged and the magnet(s) becoming loose is a different story.

well ive never went down...rode down some pretty rough roads...what should i check for to be safe

[blowerbike]

just check the magnets for cracks/chipping/looseness.
see if a piece of steel pulls right to it...strong pull you know..

[gs850cafe]

well only update so far is that my r/r tested bad...there testing stator today hopefully

edit: the stator tested good...so its my own stupidty assuming it was the stator...

but huge thanks to a memeber, i will be putting the shindigen or whatever its called honda r/r this round, and save the ricks for a spare