Honda RR mounting

[KiwiGS]

I have just mounted my Honda R/R (thanks Duaneage)
But I added a wee bit of insurance as well

Cheers

[TheCafeKid]

That my friend is probably one of the smartest mods ive seen here! Whats that thing draw?

[KiwiGS]

The extra load should not make too much difference and I think the extra cooling will be worth it
Cheers

[TheCafeKid]

For sure! That just a average joe tower fan or something?

[KiwiGS]

It's cpu fan off an old pentium 2/3 cant remember which sorry.
Most tower fans and some of the newer cpu fans are too big (deep) and foul the side cover.

[Nessism]

As a side note, the '82 850 I recently bought has a smaller R/R than my '81 550. What was Suzuki thinking? Going to mount up the Honda R/R purchased off ebay this weekend. Thinking about using the stock plug off the old R/R so it will plug in like stock - but with dedicated feed to the battery.

[duaneage]

Thinking about using the stock plug off the old R/R so it will plug in like stock - but with dedicated feed to the battery.

I recommend geting rid of as many connectors as you can adn going to the statro wires, the battery box, and the frame. The square connectors are really bad on these bikes.

[robertob]

I'm with Duanage here - Throw those stock connectors in the garbage where they belong. Mine had bullets, which are really bad, but the square Hitachis aren't much better. I used old-school Packard 56-series blade terminals because that's what I had, but any 1/4 blade will work.

You could leave the stock terminals on the bike's harness and just tape them back in - if you connect direct to the battery you won't need to cut the original harness at all. Only the stator harness, which is no big deal.

[duaneage]

New bullets are OK, teh 25 year old one's are brass plated and they suck. Don't connect the red lead to the battery without a fuse, it's a safety issue. The fuse box fuses the charge lead.

I opened my fuse box up and soldered the pressed connection in the bottom. Picked up a bit of voltage that way.

Flat terminals can have problems too, they can end up loose or be pulled by vibration.

[duaneage]

As a side note, the '82 850 I recently bought has a smaller R/R than my '81 550. What was Suzuki thinking? Going to mount up the Honda R/R purchased off ebay this weekend. Thinking about using the stock plug off the old R/R so it will plug in like stock - but with dedicated feed to the battery.

Some of the aftermarket RR's are like postage stamp sized. Tiny flippin' heatsinks that burn your fingers if you touch them. The Honda has a big heatsink and that counts.

[TheCafeKid]

Duaneage did you see Kiwi's ingenious lil fan design? Sweet idea

[duaneage]

I would be concerned about dirt clogging it up, my engine gets pretty dirty.

[robertob]

I opened my fuse box up and soldered the pressed connection in the bottom. Picked up a bit of voltage that way.

You know what's funny my fuse box was already soldered. Looked factory, too.

[duaneage]

On my 81 they were just riveted. Fortunately I was able to remove them , solder and reinstall the contacts.

[Nessism]

The late model Honda R/R has .320" wide blade terminals for the stator lines (Suzuki used .225" blades on my '82), and dual .225" blades (two pair) for the positive and negative connections. The Suzuki regulator uses one .225" blade for positive and a small ground bolting to the battery box.