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VFR800 charging system issues
#1
I've had my 98 VFR800FiW for nearly 2yrs and it's my first bike. I bought it with 5500 miles on it and it now has11500 on it, but unfortunately it's now suffering from the dreaded regulator rectifier/stator issues.

I've been on numerous forums to see countess owners with this problem, but I'm not sure I've come across a permanent solution. 

Does anybody here have any advice/solutions?
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#2
I don't think there is any permanent solution as such, but one thing people have done is to eliminate the plug between the alternator and loom by hard-wiring it, and making sure all other connectors are clean and tight. VFR charging systems haventbeen Hondas strongest bit of design. If the battery is getting old it also seems it can overstrain the charging system causing things to burn out. If a VFR owner hasn't changed the regulator, they haven't lived!
The UK VFR forum is down at present, for a rebuild (or did it just burn out...?)
Everyone knows Red VFRs are faster than any other colour. 
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#3
I had seen that about hard wiring the generator cables. The previous owner had replaced the RR and I had my first one go about 7mths ago. I replaced it with an Electrex World MOSFET unit and made sure the connections were clean on both multiplug connections, but it appeared in had another failure a couple of weeks ago.

I replaced it with a MOSFET unit from another manufacturer as Electrex didn't have any in stock and sent their RR back to be tested, which came back as being fine apparently - apart from the melted cabling and 3 pin plug that is!

I'm thinking maybe it's the stator that gone, so will try and test it this week. ?
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#4
i have to say, brett is the man when it comes to charging systems he has helped me out a ton
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#5
So, who exactly is brett?  Confused
Everyone knows Red VFRs are faster than any other colour. 
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(24-07-2017, 06:54 PM)Nobbyc1380 Wrote: I had seen that about hard wiring the generator cables. The previous owner had replaced the RR and I had my first one go about 7mths ago. I replaced it with an Electrex World MOSFET unit and made sure the connections were clean on both multiplug connections, but it appeared in had another failure a couple of weeks ago.

I replaced it with a MOSFET unit from another manufacturer as Electrex didn't have any in stock and sent their RR back to be tested, which came back as being fine apparently - apart from the melted cabling and 3 pin plug that is!

I'm thinking maybe it's the stator that gone, so will try and test it this week.  ?

If the cabling has overheated that is a sure sign of a poor connection. The high resistance creates heat and the rest is history. I have eliminated the plug and hard wired two of my bikes in the past. The generator can fail as well so testing is recommended and relatively easy to do.
Regards

Chris
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