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    Regulator/rectifier

    Hypothetically speaking... Could one use a honda regulator in a suzuki? Like what would happen if one was to put one from a 73 honda sl350 into an 81 suzuki gs750???

    #2
    Are you saying just the regulator or a combined rectifier/regulator. At a guess the 350 is a two wire stator with separate regulator and rectifier. What's on the 750 - must be a combined unit at 81.
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      #3
      Plus the charging system on the honda had meager output to control, maybe 50 watts -while your suzuki needs about 160 watts minimum.
      1981 gs650L

      "We are all born ignorant, but you have to work hard to stay stupid" Ben Franklin

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        #4
        Thanks man... Just a passing curiosity i was discussing with friends and none of us knew the answer...

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          #5
          Anyone know if a regulator from a gs550 would work for a gs 750? Or where i could find the output stats to compare the two?

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            #6
            Depends on the age - the pre-79 550s likely used the two-part reg/rec and a 12-pole stator of lower output than your 81, but it's not an enormous difference, so it would probably work ok. If you can find a later one-piece, all the better.

            Also; a Superdream reg/rec it will work fine - I used one for years, as did many others.
            ---- Dave

            Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window

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              #7
              Why not just spend the hundred bux for a new one from rick's motorsports or electrosport? Seems to me the wisest choice

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                #8
                I think I might have an aftermarket Electrosport 12 pole stator for a GS550 here somewhere...

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                  #9
                  Yep, the box says Stator 12-pole Suzuki GS550/750/850 (76-ON).

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                    #10
                    Don't mess around with 40 yearold r/r design -get a series unit SH-775 from polaris (their pn#4012941) and enjoy happy motoring. Here's a link to a guy in your state, where I got mine two years ago
                    Enter 4012941 in that search box
                    probably $70 plus

                    1981 gs650L

                    "We are all born ignorant, but you have to work hard to stay stupid" Ben Franklin

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                      #11
                      One off of a Honda Gold wing 1000 or 1100 should work, or off of a CX500/CX650. I think those are the ones I am using. Better than Rick's or Electrosport.

                      Buy one from this guy:http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...vailable-again

                      I bought seven, then started finding them myself. They work great, and they are inexpensive.
                      Last edited by 850 Combat; 06-06-2015, 09:38 PM.
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