Running bike without rectifier

[curt101]

I am waiting for a new regulator/rectifier to arrive so my charging system will be back up to snuff. At least I hope that does it... and yes I have studied the Stator Papers. I need to ride the bike and am wondering if anything could possibly be damaged by riding a bike with the staor disconnected, and the rectifier/regulator missing.

Thanks
Curt

[Roadwarrior]

Your going to have to charge the battery often. If you ride with the headlight on, keep your rides short because the headlight will run the battery down fast. Don you have a kickstart? Use it in stead of the starter until you get the charging system back together.

[earlfor]

I will not hurt anything to run the bike with the R/R removed. Just be sure the stator wires are capped off so they cant go to ground. Running entirely on battery though, your run time starting with a charged battery will likely be in the 25 to 40 minute range.

Earl

I am waiting for a new regulator/rectifier to arrive so my charging system will be back up to snuff. At least I hope that does it... and yes I have studied the Stator Papers. I need to ride the bike and am wondering if anything could possibly be damaged by riding a bike with the staor disconnected, and the rectifier/regulator missing.

Thanks
Curt

[argonsagas]

If your battery is good, and freshly charged, the bike should run for an hour, and maybe a bit more, depending on how long the starter has to run to get it going.

When I first bought my G, and was riding it home, it ran for more than an hour, and had several starts in there as it kept stalling.