1979 gs1000E stator has 5 wires ?

[Guest]

Hello to all i am swapping out the engine on my 79 gs1000 E with another freshened up engine other engine lost compression #1 cyl only reading about 60 lbs not sure what happened will find out when i disassemble.

The question i have is the engine i am putting on has 5 stator wires and my old one only has 3 . 1- yellow , 1-green /white,1- white /blue i know it doesnt matter what combination they are hooked up .
but the other stator has 2- yellow 2- white/blue and 1 green/white .
could i just connect the 2 yellow and 2 wht/blue together , i cleaned up the wiring a while back got rid of all the plug connectors and extra wiring and make all the connections with a heavy duty marine s.steel terminal block works great and very clean looking have not had a charging issue or wires getting hot since

[posplayr]

If you cut the insulation back on the 5 wire you will find there are reAlly only 3 for three phase. The extra wires are probably for a headlamp cutout circuit.

[OldVet66]

The extra wires are for the separate rectifier and regulator for bikes before 1980.

[chuck hahn]

Just use one of each of the double colors and the one odd one. Tuck the other doubles away inside the rubber boot that goes over the connections. If you start the bike and put the meters negative in the one single color wire and the positive in each of the same colored ones youll see that you have the same AC voltage on both legs. Same with the the set of same color ones.

[chandler]

thanks for the replies guys

[posplayr]

The extra wires are for the separate rectifier and regulator for bikes before 1980.

Ok , I guess solves the mystery.