Honda Regulator/Rectifier

[Thomas Kenny]

Installed a Duanage, Honda regulator/rectifier in my GS550ES. Had to relocate the unit forward and below the original location. So far it is working great and doesn't get HOT like the Suzuki one with the much smaller heat sink area. Thanks Duane........

[bonanzadave]

Hey Duane,

Theres another market for R/RSs on Bombardier Quads. My friend is having trouble right now on his 800 outlander and it sounds like its been going on with that group for years..............

http://atvfrontier.com/Forums/viewtopic/p=105577.html

[slowride]

I got my R/R from Duane in May and my bike has been running great ever since!!

Ed

[GQROD]

I too ordered a honda r/r from duane, for 83 GS550E,

It was so much bigger than the suzuki unit i cut the cross brace round tube behind the battery and fabricated a new mounting braket for the honda unit farther away from the battery box.

I also fabricated an air scoop for the left side panel to redirect more air to it.

Thanks Duane.

[GQROD]

Update

Well since the forum went down i re did the r/r installation.

I moved the r/r to the left side of the battery and fabricated a mounting plate out of sheet steel.

This plate now has the r/r mounted to it as well as a CPU fan.

The CPU fan is engaged when the bike is in neutral and in first gear, and disengages when in all other gears, since air flow is highest when the bike is in motion.

It is a much cleaner installation and looks factory.

A note on the circuit the neutral is actually wired on a different circuit with the switch grounding it through the blue wire for anyone trying this.

Gears 1-6 are accessed through the harness plug connector under the tank.

[TheRooster]

humm will this work on a gs 1000

[GQROD]

It should, however i forgot to mention i also installed a relay to the fan, not because it draws a lot of current, but because i did not want voltage fluctuations going to the voltmeter giving me false readings.

I'll post pics now that the forum is back.

[Thomas Kenny]

Installed a Duanage, Honda regulator/rectifier in my GS550ES. Had to relocate the unit forward and below the original location. So far it is working great and doesn't get HOT like the Suzuki one with the much smaller heat sink area. Thanks Duane........

Hey Duane, I may have spoke too soon. I put a new battery in my GS550ES this year, and I noticed that it was low on charge which is strange for this bike. I checked my voltage and it is back up to 16-17 volts which will ruin my battery. I will take time to check all of the connections and make sure that they are good. I hope I have a loose wire or something and the the R/R has not failed. :-( Tom

[chef1366]

The sense wire will cause this. Try attaching it to the battery and see if the voltage drops.

[bonanzadave]

The sense wire will cause this. Try attaching it to the barttery and see if the voltage drops.

I did the relay mod to my sense wire because of a high charge. My switched supply wire to the brakelight was only 10vdc. Thats where I connected my sense wire. I tried to clean every connector leading to it but nothing helped. I think its my ignition switch. Long story short.....Im dead on 14.5 vdc now.

[82Shafty]

I've put about 3000 miles on D's R/R with good results.

[Thomas Kenny]

The sense wire will cause this. Try attaching it to the barttery and see if the voltage drops.

OK, Which one is the sense wire????

[chef1366]

The black one.

[duaneage]

Dirty switches will sometimes lower the voltage that ends up at the rear brake light switch. Obviously it is a good idea to measure what is on the orange wire and if significantly different from the battery find out what is stealing your volts.

The black wire tells the RR to up or down the charge voltage. Something OEM and the aftermarket RR don't do.

And yes it will work on a GS1000, I've lost count of how many went there.

[Thomas Kenny]

The black one.

Thanks much, I will try it tomorrow. :-)