Motorcycle Repair: Low voltage coming out of Voltage Regulator, 1983 honda nighthawk, regulator rectifier


Question
Dear Bill

          I have written to you and Mark about the issues I have been having with my 1983 Honda Nighthawk CB650SC. And you  gentleman have been very very helpful. I have worked out numerous problems with you help and have been beating my head against the wall on this on. I think I have found the issue with why the bike runs the battery down and stops running after 15 minutes of idle. It seems I am not getting enough current out of my stator. There is either one field that has a broken wire or the connection off of one field is not good. I write this to see if you have ever heard of this. When I measure AC voltage between the two outside pins  on the connection from the winding to the input of the Voltage regulator rectifier VRR I get 14 volts between the two outside pins. But when I test between any of the other pins 1 to 2 or 2 to 3 I get little or no voltage. But between 1 and 3 I get 14 volts. Is it common to have a winding go bad in the stator or break?
Thanks for your help

Answer
Doug, if you follow the troubleshooting chart at http://www.electrosport.com/electrosport_fault_finding.html
You should be able to pinpoint the issue. If it is the stator windings, internally, they don't seem to have a replacement for it, but perhaps you can email them to see if they provide custom services. Stator connectors are known issues and I have seen replacement connector repair kits listed somewhere recently. Check with the Honda dealer or Ebay or through Electrosport.
Bill Silver