QuestionWell, I bought this bike, cb650 honda, 80 model. It was running great. I rode it for about an hour and it quit, long story short, turns out bike hasnt been charging, I rode last summer by charging batterie and not riding at night. Ran great as long as I had juice in the battery. previous owner had mechanic replace stator, rectifier. I replaced stator, battery, two rectifiers, last one brand new, & starter. when I put the stator in, I am confused on which one goes to pick up coil for black and white. I hooked everything up, it started after 5 minutes, cold bike and hard to start. It ran ok, so I go up the road and it quit. I looked down and it burnt the black wire from stator into, so I fixed and switched black and white at the plug. It now has magnetic charge when running at the casing, but when checking ohms on rotor, cold was 8 and hot was 10 between the two tracks. While running, I am not getting any reading from stator plug to rectifier. Runs fine one minute and won't start the next and still not charging. I tooke wire harness off, discovered a few little nicks, fixed and check continuity in most wires. I am at my wits end, out $1000.00 and no bike to ride. Can anyone shed some light on my situation?? I haven't switched rotor yet, but don't think I need to.
AnswerYour rotor is way out of specs, as you can see by the directions given at Electrosports.
When you buy a new one, buy a proper rotor puller tool to go with it.....
Bill Silver
Robbie.... You DO have to replace the rotor. It is the most common failure on these bikes.
http://www.electrosport.com/technical-resources/known-issues/common-tech-issue?m...
ALL Honda wires are color coded and must be connected correctly.
http://oldmanhonda.com/MC/WiringDiagrams/MCwiring.php for wiring diagrams.
Electrosport has diagnostic diagrams in their resources section, as well.
Bill Silver
