Motorcycle Repair: vt700 1986 shadow, bill silver, stator

Question
two of the wires coming from stator getting hot dose this mean there is a bad ground or should i be looking at the possibility of a bad stator. have already replaced regulator with after market.

Answer
James, go to this site's links for more specific assistance...

http://www.electrosport.com/technical-resources/library/known-issues/street_4410...

http://www.electrosport.com/technical-resources/library/diagnosis/pdf/fault-find...

Often the stator plug fails and melts down, shorting the wires out and that often takes down the reg-rectifier. The stator wiring should not be grounded to the stator frame or chassis ground.

Hot wires are conducting excessive current, which could either come from full charge output or phases of the stator output being grounded out.

Bill Silver