You can't let the smoke out of the wires!!
Your old bike has old electrical connections. Old connections have corrosion, and corrosion is resistance, and resistance is heat....The fun starts now. Pull apart and clean each connection one at a time. Steel wool, sandpaper, contact cleaner, or best best, cut off and solder new ones on.
Change over the fuse box to blade fuses, just cut it off and solder some new water resistant fuse holders in line, cost a couple bucks at Radio Shack or wherever.
This includes battery cables too. Your reg/rec may be dead, but try the connections first, it may be ok. Replace the plastic connection at the reg/rec, it's hard to get in that and clean it.
When you are done, go to our Filebase and download the Electrosport Fault Finding flowchart. Follow the steps listed to see if the system is charging properly.
Post edited by: OKC_Kent, at: 2006/06/08 12:21