82 650L charging issues

[mbn321]

Not sure where to begin but here it goes>couple of weeks ago my 650 died on my way to work of a dead battery.Charged the battery up, bike fired up
and rode it home.Ran the no load stator test 80volts +,so then ran the voltage regulator test 12 volts which according to the manuel indicates a bad regulator.so I ordered a aftermarket through bike bandit,got it in couple days threw it in.So heres the problem I am still only getting 12.1 - 12.5 volts at the battery.This seems to be enough voltage to run the bike on but not enough volts to keep the battery charged.So at this point I am not sure how to proceed.
It was suggested to me that possibly I have a short or somthing is drawing more voltage then it should be.Any thoughts,suggestions,how to proceed?
Thanks, Marc

[Steve]

Clean ALL the connections between the stator and the battery, make sure they are TIGHT, and try again.

The list of connections includes (but is not limited to):
* three stator wires to the regulator
* ground wire to regulator
* battery wire to regulator
* ground wire from battery to chassis and engine


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[mbn321]

Thanks Steve I went ahead and did those and reran my tests.Well now it started showing that the stator was bad to the point I lost voltage on all the generator wires,so I guess I smoked her but good.
Marc

[jm_foote]

I am having the same problem on my 78 gs750. Have not changed the r/r though. Am going straight to the stator. It will take a couple days to arrive, but when it does I will post my findings.

Would running the bike in this condition harm the r/r or any other parts?