R/R Parinoia

[salty_monk]

I suppose you could also make some ducting to funnel some air into the area bypassing the heat from the engine...

Or put some running lights on to increase the load...

Dan

[bradleymaynar]

I believe it was highmileage that actually moved his R/R so that it was more exposed to fresh air. I don't know if you'd need to use larger wires to help conductivity over the distance. Just a thought.

Brad bt

[GS Farmer]

After a 200 mile ride on sunday,with temps aroung 90 degrees, I stuck my hand down to feel the r\r a couple of differnt times. Never felt much warmer than ambient air temp. Battery stays up, so I will take someones advice and forget about it, untill it bothers. Someones reply about the problems being related to bikes that sit out in weather, makes sense to me. I've always had the luxury to keep them stored inside. I really appreciate all the imput and advice this site has to offer. Now if I could figure out this shifting problem, all would be well in the GS world!!!!

[REDDY]

When I got my 1980 GS 550 L both the stator and R/R were toast. I found a stator but I couldn't find a R/R. Ifound a R/R off a 05 GSXR 600 on e-bay for 20.00 shipped. It looked brand new. I moved it to the front under the headlight for airflow. The R/Rs off fuel injected bikes are built to handle more current and should last forever. I disasembled the old R/R and the insides were burnt to a crisp, epoxy and all.

[mf70]

Hee hee, in the http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...kiwires003.jpg photo, there's some heat damage on the white semi-Molex connector too...

Mark