Post your info below. I will keep a list for everyone so we can see have an indication what bikes and mileage. If you know of someone who does not post often put as much info as possible about their problems.
Name -
Year of Bike -
Approx Mileage -
Location -
OC or SC - (Overcharging or stop charging, if you know).
Acc Watts - (Are you running 70-100 watts extra in lights or other electrics, minimal wattage won't matter).
Updated List will be Here_________________________________________________________________
Chart at the bottom of this post.
_________________________________________________________________Name - (Hootmon)
Year of Bike - 1994
Approx Mileage - 10+K - Speedo cable & regulator broken when bike purchased - Stock Regulator
50+K (Regulator that was purchased from Old Bike Barn at 10K)
Location - Tampa Bay Florida
OC or SC - 1st = overcharge,
2nd = stop charging
Acc Watts - 1st = Bone Stock
2nd = one additional H3 Light (switched, used occasionally)
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Name....(Connor)
Year.....1994
Mileage....18,000
Location....Cyprus
OC or SC - Over Charging, showed 18.5 volts.
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Name- Maurice Trosclair (mtrosclair)
Year of Bike- 1994
Mileage- 17,500
Location- Mandeville, La.
OC SC- Stopped charging
Acc watts- none
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Name - Guy Wheatley (BigGuy) (guywheatley)
Year of Bike - 1994
Approx Mileage - 36K
Location - Texarkana
OC or SC - Overcharging
Acc Watts - None
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Name - Felicia (Indonlire)
Year of Bike - 1994
Approx Mileage - 17K
Location - Katy, Texas
OC or SC - Overcharging
Acc Watts - Bone Stock
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Name - Justin (Justin)
Year of Bike- 1994
Mileage- 38,733 Mi = 62,335 Km
Location- Westcoast of Canada, Victoria, British Columbia
OC SC - 12V at 3000 RPM
Acc watts- Stock
More testing by Justin on post #18
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Name - Magnum Magna (Robert)
Year of Bike - 1994
Approx Mileage - 52500
Location - North Texas
OC or SC - (Overcharging) 16.0 - 19.0 volts
Acc Watts - (Are you running 70-100 watts extra in lights or other electrics, minimal wattage won't matter). for 3 years extra lights
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Name - Lonnie Brown (HardDriveUSA)
Year of Bike - 1996
Approx Mileage - 23k
Location - Tyler, TX
OC or SC - Stopped Charging
Acc Watts - minimal - LED brake lights
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Name - David L Carrales (Dlcarrales)
Year of Bike - 1996
Approx Mileage - 21,000
Location - McAllen, Tx
OC or SC - stopped charging
Acc Watts - None
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Some are lucky enough to post twice in the same day!
Just got done checking Greg's loaner and its toast. over 17v @ 3,000 rpms Confused Sad
Name - David Carrales (Dlcarrales)
Year of Bike - 1996
Approx Mileage - 21,436
Location - McAllen, Tx
OC or SC - Overcharging
Acc Watts - None
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Guess I will join the party. :-(
Name - Terry (TLRam1)
Year of Bike - 1997
Approx Mileage - 21K
Location - Allen, (Dallas) Texas
OC or SC - Stop charging
Acc Watts - Stock
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Name – Matty (IndianaMatt)
Year of Bike - 1998
Approx Mileage - 20K
Location - Central Indiana
OC or SC - Over charging
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Name - Kyle
Year of Bike - 1999
Approx Mileage - 10,000 - 15,000
Location - Central/Coastal
OC or SC - OC/OC
Acc Watts - Stock
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Name: Bruce Lloyd (Jigger)
Year of bike: 1999
Approximate Mileage: 12,568
Location: Sandwich MA.
OC or SC: Stop Charging
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Name - Dan (DC Smith)
Year of Bike - 2000
Approx Mileage -20,000
Location - San Antonio
OC or SC - Stopped charging
Acc Watts - none
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Name - Bob (rjb/Bob Barram)
Year - 2001
Mileage - Apprx 15K
Location - Frisco, TX
OC or SC - Overcharging
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Name - Rod (Lurkin)
Year of Bike - 2001
Approx Mileage - 20K
Location - Pearland, TX
OC or SC - Stopped Charging
Acc Watts - None
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Quote from: hootmon on August 08, 2010, 09:25:05 AM
Note there were several entries that listed "About 15K" etc.. With these there were two possible categories, so I split them between categories as evenly as possible.
Seems to me, IF you have a 1994 and have between 10K & 20K miles You are more likely to have a Regulator failure, but equal possible failure of High voltage or Low voltage.
(http://i38.tinypic.com/24zisfc.jpg)
Name - Hootmon
Year of Bike - 1994
Approx Mileage -10+K (Speedo cable (as well as regulator) broken when I bought the bike) Stock Regulator
Also 50+K (Regulator that was purchased from Old Bike Barn at 10K)
Location - Tampa Bay Florida
OC or SC -
1st = overcharge,
2nd = stop charging
Accs Watts
1st = Bone Stock
2nd = one additional H3 Light (on a switch and used occasionally)
Name....Connor
Year.....1994
Mileage....18,000
Location....Cyprus
...............Overcharging..Showed 18.5 volts.
I added a Accs Wattage if you need to update your post.
rjb/Bob Barram
year 2001
mileage about 15K
location Frisco, TX
Overcharging, other symptons- lights superbright, horn pitch level high, battery boiled and smelled like rotten eggs and died.
Updated my post.
As requested:
Name - Rod (Lurkin)
Year of Bike - 2001
Approx Mileage - 20K
Location - Pearland, TX
OC or SC - SC
Accs Watts - None
Rod...
Quote from: TLRam1 on November 05, 2008, 10:41:07 AM
Post your info below. I will keep a list for everyone so we can see have an indication what bikes and mileage. If you know of someone who does not post often put as much info as possible about their problems.
Name - Lonnie Brown
Year of Bike - 96
Approx Mileage - 23k
Location - Tyler, TX
OC or SC - (Overcharging or stop charging, if you know). SC
Accs Watts - (Are you running 70-100 watts extra in lights or other electrics, minimal wattage won't matter). very minimal added LED brake lights
Post your info below. I will keep a list for everyone so we can see have an indication what bikes and mileage. If you know of someone who does not post often put as much info as possible about their problems.
Name - Dan
Year of Bike - 2000
Approx Mileage -20000
Location - San Antonio
OC or SC - (Overcharging or stop charging, if you know). Stopped charging
Accs Watts - (Are you running none
Name - David L Carrales
Year of Bike - 1996
Approx Mileage - 21,000
Location - McAllen, Tx
OC or SC - stopped charging
Accs Watts - None
Name- Maurice Trosclair
Year of Bike- 1994
Mileage- 17,500
Location- Mandeville, La.
OC SC- Stopped charging
ACC watts- none
Name - Guy Wheatley (BigGuy)
Year of Bike - 1994
Approx Mileage - 36K
Location - Texarkana
OC or SC - OC
Accs Watts - None
Thanks.
Just got done checking Greg's loaner and its toast. over 17v @ 3,000 rpms :? :sad:
Name - David Carrales
Year of Bike - 1996
Approx Mileage - 21,436
Location - McAllen, Tx
OC or SC - OC
Accs Watts - None
Name - Felicia (Indonlire)
Year of Bike - 1994
Approx Mileage - 17K
Location - Katy, Texas
OC or SC - OC
Accs Watts - Bone Stock
Guess I will join the party. :-( Rearranged the list by year.
Name - Terry (TLRam1)
Year of Bike - 1997
Approx Mileage - 21K
Location - Allen, (Dallas) Texas
OC or SC - Stop charging
Accs Watts - Stock
Matty
1998
20k
central Indiana
overcharge
Justin
1994
62,335 Km = 38,733 Mi
Westcoast of Canada, Victoria, British Columbia
Stopcharge-undercharge was only putting out 12V at 3000 RPM
Stock
I also measured the resistances between the wire pairs
With the +Probe on the Red/White wire and the -Probe used to test the other wires
- all wire pairs read Open Circuit
With the +Probe on the Green wire and the -Probe used to test the other wires
Red/White = Open Circuit
Yellow(Bottom) = 1773 Mega Ohms
Yellow(Right) = 1773 Mega Ohms
Yellow(Left) = 100-200 Ohms
The yellow wires resistance was also tested, between Yellow(bottom) and Yellow(Left) 1773 Mega ohms was measured, all other probe/yellow wire combination resulted in a open circuit reading.
The orientation for the yellow wires is based on the user looking at the blades inside the connector with the push tab facing upwards see page 15-8 of the honda service manual.
The digital multilmeter used to perform the testing is a FLUKE 179
Name - Magnum Magna
Year of Bike - 1994
Approx Mileage - 52500
Location - North Texas
OC or SC - (Overcharging) 16.0 - 19.0 volts
Accs Watts - (Are you running 70-100 watts extra in lights or other electrics, minimal wattage won't matter). for 3 years extra lights
List on the first page is updated by year.
Terry - I made up these charts, I don't know if it helps to understand the trends or not.. Fell free to copy and past the link near the beginning of the thread if you wish
Note there were several entries that listed "About 15K" etc.. With these there were two possible categories, so I split them between categories as evenly as possible.
Seems to me, IF you have a 1994 and have between 10K & 20K miles You are more likely to have a Regulator failure, but equal possible failure of High voltage or Low voltage.
(http://i38.tinypic.com/24zisfc.jpg)
Hoot, the histograms are interesting. I normally switch the axes, so the number of failures is in the vertical. Don't know why, but it seems to be standard practice in the electronics industry, at least.
Updated first post with chart.
Quote from: lragan on August 08, 2010, 09:28:00 AM
Hoot, the histograms are interesting. I normally switch the axes, so the number of failures is in the vertical. Don't know why, but it seems to be standard practice in the electronics industry, at least.
It's been a while since I did any charts (being unemployed), so it was more just an exercise for me.. I tried to do Pie charts, and I couldn't get it to come out with the labels, so I went with Bar charts..
Yes, most of the bar charts I've done in the past have been on the vertical as you say, but I think it's understandable the way it is..
The one thing that doesn't come out is that I had a NON-Stock Regulator fail and that's in the chart too, but I think I'm the only LUCKY one with that, so I don't think it skews the data too much..
Kyle
1999
10,000
15,000
Central/Coastal
OC/OC
Stock
Updated first page with Kyles stats.
Chris (Daddonttwitter)
1996 (Greg's Project 96)
53,000 miles
Canton,Tx
SC
Stock- no accessories
Chris, actually the one on the Yellow bike was a replacement as I pulled it and let a MOOT'ster use it as his died at MOOTMag and then my stock unit died on his way home. IF MEMORY serves me correct.
Might as well add mine here
Name - Jimmy Glover (Gloveberg)
Year of bike - 1996
Approx. milage - 115K (give or take)
Location - Bronte, Tx
OC or SC - Stopped charging. No warning signs, just stopped charging the battery. Used a volt meter on the battery terminals and at any rpm it just read battery voltage, no increase ever with added rpm's. Used the troubleshooting chart in the service manual and across the yellow leads from the regulator it read open, no resistance reading.
Accs watts - None
**Replaced unit with an aftermarket regulator from RegulatorRectifier.com. Supposedly from the same place that Honda sources their units from but it's around $60 cheaper than the lowest place I found for a Honda replacement from RonAyers.com ($106 vs $166)
http://www.regulatorrectifier.com/catalog/1997-2000-Honda-VF750C2-VF-750C2-Magna-Deluxe-Regulator-Rectifie
Name: Bruce Lloyd
Year of bike: 1999
Milage: 12,568
At first I thought the battery was just old. So bought a new one an installed it. About 5 days later the battery was dead once again. Got the bike home and put a voltage meter on it. All it was showing was the amount of power in the battery. No matter what rpm's. Presently I'm wait for the part to come in.
Name -Patty2sage
Year of Bike -1995 magna 750
Approx Mileage -22,583 and again at 25,390
Location -Upper Peninsula of Michigan
OC or SC - The first one overcharged and boiled my battery out, on the second one the 3 yellow wires caught fire and regulator dead.
Acc Watts - no extra lights, just one usb charger port.
Welcome to the forum patty2sage, how many miles are on it now?
I've got 25,550K now. Had 8K when I bought it.