'85 XL600R probs - Page 2

 


  The guy I sold it to checked the rectifier and

Google is killing me here tonight.
I'll try this response for the third time.

I have the part here if it's part 6 in the
Electrical - Wiring Diagram found here:
http://www.bikebandit.com/houseofmotorcycles/1985-honda-motorcycle-xr600r/o=
/m3099

Holy crap on the MSRP, even if it were available.

This one gives an end result of open line (no continuity) but only
after flashing another result briefly. I wonder if we're testing them
right. I don't know what this gizmo really does on a theory or
practice level.

Anyway, I have that part here. It's planned for ebay but I'm happy to
mail it off to you for postage plus a fair donation of your choosing.

hth,
dean
at
motogroove
dot
calm

 





or if the engine runs...

" Answer
You just need an accurate voltage meter.

Connect the meter to the poles of the battery. Start the engine and
avoid spinning her up, even not for a short moment. The reading of the
meter now can be anything; a reading lower than 12.6 volt indicates a
weak battery.

Slowly increase the engine speed. The meter reading should increase
too, but will get "catched" at an engine speed somewhere at 1000 rpm.
(8001200) From then on the reading will stay "locked". It should be
13.8V; 0.5V higher or lower is the limit of what is acceptable. A
voltage too high is NOT good: it will ruin your battery and wear out
bulbs and other equipment!

A voltage regulator is good when the reading hardly reacts to change
of engine speed or to adding power consumers like electric window
heaters or main headlights. "

from:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_test_a_voltage_regulator

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Of course that part is a regulator, not a rectifier. The XL500R parts
bike has a regulator/rectifier, but I did not see one on your subject
600's diagram.

 

dfhyman@optonline.net says...

here:http://www.bikebandit.com/houseofmotorcycles/1985-honda-motorcycle-xr ...

Sorry I missed the beginning of this thread but if the OP wants to talk to my
bud in Ohio who runs a alternator/genarator service, I am sure he would be
happy to talk to you on the phone.. Only problem is you will end up talking to
a really nice and hilarious dude, who may call you back just to chat here and
there;) Let me know or email me if you need his number.

Scotty

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In the mind of a racer, that checkered flag means nothing once you go by it.
     It was your "last" win, and all you think about is changing that;)