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[mjb765]

I.... um.... uh...; well I sorta.... um...  (gulp) ah, kinda sorta borrowed a VIN from an 07 listed on eBay to order those parts.  For what it's worth I felt very guilty about doing it though.

About as guilty as I felt ordering a protected '12 part for my '11......

[110tHunDer]

 
Damn!  Those are some good-looking saddlebag supports on that bike!:P

The thing turned out amazing, Don.  I can't wait to see it in person!  You set some sort of record getting it screwed together, I think.  I guess once you get started, it's hard to stop, huh?  Nice job, buddy!

[Twolanerider]

Damn!  Those are some good-looking saddlebag supports on that bike!:P

The thing turned out amazing, Don.  I can't wait to see it in person!  You set some sort of record getting it screwed together, I think.  I guess once you get started, it's hard to stop, huh?  Nice job, buddy!

Thanks Brian.  Now if it just all worked !  Can't go very far if it won't charge its own battery.

Did look at that a bit more this evening.  Not 100% certain but think the stator is checking ok.  Turns out I can't find a published spec.  So having to go with what passes the sniff test.  And that seems ok.  Since there's also a good 12v source coming to the regulator that narrows it down to the regulator itself.  And, of course, no spare 2006-2008 regulator.  Bummer...

[Midnight Rider]

Ok, one small problem solved.  Learned something in the process.  So if anyone makes the same mistake someday.....

Neutral light now works.  Farting around in the shop, Giants/Packers game on in the background, malted beverages in the shop fridge and messing with the bike.  It's a good evening.... 

Had a few old neutral light switches thrown in a parts drawer.  Turns out they don't all work the same way.  For some being engaged by the shift drum closes the switch and for some it opens them.  Never knew that.  The light works so much better when you're using a switch that's correct for how you need it to work .

Open or closed by default makes a difference...you learn something every day, huh?  I keep telling myself that, anyway.  Good information, if I can remember it, or somebody else can...

[porthole]

Saving the best for last:

Very nice.

[hdbrad03]

Thanks Brian.  Now if it just all worked !  Can't go very far if it won't charge its own battery.

Did look at that a bit more this evening.  Not 100% certain but think the stator is checking ok.  Turns out I can't find a published spec.  So having to go with what passes the sniff test.  And that seems ok.  Since there's also a good 12v source coming to the regulator that narrows it down to the regulator itself.  And, of course, no spare 2006-2008 regulator.  Bummer...

Check AC should output approx. 34-40 volts AC at 2000 RPM from say A-B B-C A-C. Should Ohm at 0.1-0.3 from A-B B-C A-C if greater than 1 Ohm then Stator is open. Also check to ground A B C to ground should be open no continuity.

This from the 09 Electrical Manual.

 

Brad

[Twolanerider]

Check AC should output approx. 34-40 volts AC at 2000 RPM from say A-B B-C A-C. Should Ohm at 0.1-0.3 from A-B B-C A-C if greater than 1 Ohm then Stator is open. Also check to ground A B C to ground should be open no continuity.

This from the 09 Electrical Manual.

 

Brad

Thanks Brad.  I was assuming specs in just about those ranges.  But it's good to see them published.  I'm good on the resistance checks already.  Only checked the voltage output at idle.  Need to find the clips for my meter leads so I can stand up away from the regulator and run the RPMs up a bit to check the rest. 

Perhaps I'd have looked harder for them last night.  But there was a steak inside the house with my name on it.

[steve047]

Beautiful!

[Twolanerider]

Beautiful!

Thankyewveramuch !

[Black Diamond]

Don

I went back looking at the 1st photo of the console / nacelle wanting to check out your speedo after removing that wart that was on her.  FWIW,  I like the look she has now. Simple, classic, beautiful. The speedo "fits" with the overall look, simple elegance. JMO

Her cousin is up for the trip as soon as the weather breaks!

JW

[Twolanerider]

Don

I went back looking at the 1st photo of the console / nacelle wanting to check out your speedo after removing that wart that was on her.  FWIW,  I like the look she has now. Simple, classic, beautiful. The speedo "fits" with the overall look, simple elegance. JMO

Her cousin is up for the trip as soon as the weather breaks!

JW

I agree Jeff.  That's a speedo out of a Dyna that I had laying around.  But that spun aluminum look is a good look.  Really want to stay with an analog instrument on this bike.  Digital just isn't the right look here.  

Have no problem using this piece.  Do know what I'd like to end up with though.  There is a mate to this speedo that is both speedo and tach.  Speedo across the top and tach sweeping across the bottom.  It's in the P&A book for bikes 08 and newer.  I've been told the 08 and newer speedos work on the 04 and up bikes but that some idiot lights are dead.  Never tried it though.  And since this one looks so good there I've got no reason to do an expensive guinea pig experiment.  However....

Not in the P&A book but stock on the 07 SERKs is exactly the instrument I'd need.  Same as this one but with the tach on the bottom half.  And it's for an 07 so it's right for 2004 and up.  That spun aluminum speedo-tach combination unit is the one I'll start keeping an eye out for .

Also, strictly in the category of coincidence, the speedo on the bike now has 5600 and some miles showing.  That's within a few hundred of what I was told this engine has.  

[Twolanerider]

Wandered back out to the shop at lunch and found the alligator clip ends for the multimeter's terminal ends.  Stator does seem to check out.  Resistance what it should be where it should be.  Not grounded.  AC voltage outputs even between the legs and where they should be.  Apparently it's got a bad regulator. 

Don't have a spare regulator either.  Now have to decide whether to just get a chrome regulator or pay almost as much for a black one and turn it red like this one was.

Decisions decisions....

[Banana man]

Getting a chrome one would be easier than getting a black one and turning it
red.  Go with chrome.

[mjb765]

Getting a chrome one would be easier than getting a black one and turning it
red.  Go with chrome.

X2

[Twolanerider]

Getting a chrome one would be easier than getting a black one and turning it
red.  Go with chrome.

Probably will Mark.  Surprisingly the chome ones are cheaper than the black ones if what Jenni told me earlier today is accurate. 

Making a black one red isn't a huge deal though.  I've got some rattle can paint mixed that matches.  That's how I did the one that's here.  Coat of self-etching primer, couple coats of paint and a coat of clear.  So blow a day waiting for paints to dry.  All the paint won't retain heat any more than a dose of chrome plating would.  Decisions decisions.....

Oh well, at least the neck is (hopefully) tight.  Now just have to put the little bitch's front end back together.