HELP - Something's gone awry

[Vegan]

Well I assume the pillion is bolted to the fairing - so in theory I could slide it off?(the fairing). I haven't had the bike long - so I do not know its 'ins and outs' yet.

[Vegan]

Is this the rectifier?

[sAsLEX]

yes

do a search on Dirty NC30 needing tweaks and there is an electricky diag there

edit here ya http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...0&postcount=45

[wendigo]

Well I assume the pillion is bolted to the fairing - so in theory I could slide it off?(the fairing). I haven't had the bike long - so I do not know its 'ins and outs' yet.

I'd look for a keyhole somewhere (probably in the hump at back of the riders seat). The CBR has the pillion seat held on by a locking mechanism, with the lock set in the hump behind the driver. The ignition key was used to open it. I seem to remember a mates VFR having a similar sort of mechanism. Think its pretty standard for all bikes where the pillion seat can be removed. The TL certainly has one. The difficulty is finding the keyhole.

But I guess you already figured that out by now if thats a picture of of the regulator/rectifier.

Oh yeah, don't how practical it is, but if you think the reg/rect is the source of your grief try 'borrowing' a reg/rect of somebody to test. Nothing like going of & spending money on the part thats not broken. On the same theme, dunno how much you know about bikes, but for something like the reg/rectifier unit, you're better of buying aftermarket parts as opposed to OE stuff from honda (as aftemarket is a shitload cheaper than OE.). The reg/rectifier unit is fairly standard and probably used by a number of different models of bikes, so it does exist.

[Vegan]

It has a key hole - no problem finding it - bu yeah I managed to sort it out.

[Vegan]

Looks like a problem with a charging system - bit the bullet and wheeled it the 2 kms to Mt Eden Motorcycles - who have been very helpful/knowledgable so far

[wendigo]

Looks like a problem with a charging system - bit the bullet and wheeled it the 2 kms to Mt Eden Motorcycles - who have been very helpful/knowledgable so far

What was it in the end?

[Vegan]

Well it's still there - they were backed up for a couple of weeks. So not sure yet.

[Vegan]

Ok so the issue was found to be the charging system, Problem with the regulator rectifier which has dealt to the Alternator and wiring loom. So i'm looking forward to a hefty sum in a few weeks time. Lucky me.
Fuck this shit.

[wendigo]

Ok so the issue was found to be the charging system, Problem with the regulator rectifier which has dealt to the Alternator and wiring loom. So i'm looking forward to a hefty sum in a few weeks time. Lucky me.
Fuck this shit.

Bugger. How bad is the wiring loom? Im surprised thats bust. WRT the alternator, go to a breakers & get a rewound 2nd hand one. I found it was a lot cheaper and actually better than the oe one. See my previous posts WRT the reg/rect unit.

Don't know how brave you are, but if you're up to it, changing the alternator is a piece of piss (you don't even have to empty the oil out) & changing the reg /rect is a ten minutes job, so you don't need to waste money brining it to a garage to get the job done.

All the best with it.

Rgds

Ps. You might want to have a chat with whoever sold you this bike. It strikes me as being rather a coincidence that you have this problem one week after buying the bike. The cynical streak in me says the bike was buggered before you bought it & the previous owner just wacked a new battery into it to cover the symptoms for a few days.

[Vegan]

The new regulator rectifier is bing put on - heavy duty one....the alternator is being sent off to be rewound etc...and the wiring loom - they're not sure of the extent of the damage yet... But honestly - the parts look like costing me atleast 6-700 bucks - and I'd rather pay someone the extra couple of hundred to do the job properly - plus I have some comeback if it fucks up...
But yeah - I don;t know if the previous member knew - i got it from a KB member - it was advertised on here.

[Vegan]

Oh yeah it's the loom I don't want to fuck with - alternator and R/R dont bother me - Now that I have a haynes manual -

[wendigo]

6-700? Fook...

You have my sympathies.

[wendigo]

Oh yeah it's the loom I don't want to fuck with - alternator and R/R dont bother me - Now that I have a haynes manual -

Testing the loom is fairly simple as you really only have to test from where the alternator plugs into the loom to where the reg/rect plugs into the loom.

- test each of the three wires from the alternator output individually with its corresponding pin in the regulator plug & if you get 0 ohms resistence, everything is sweet. Also test that there is no continuity between each of the three 'phases' (with both the alternator & rec unplugged), caused by the wiring melting & shorting out.

The rest of the loom should be ok, because as far as I remember it's protected by fuses. I would be quite surprised if there was anything wrong with it, coz as I said before I had about 4 or 5 meltdowns without the wiring loom being buggered.

[Vegan]

I checked around for a heavy duty rectifier before I even took the bike in from a few random places - $299 - and It seems rewinding an alternator aint cheap - 3-5 hundred......+ the loom, + the labour.
Screw it - atleast I am getting the bike tight now - rather than later - Just bought new fairings from just fairings too. Xmas - not a good time for these bills though.