IIRC you should be looking at more like 14 + V when running...
RR getting hot is normal it's part of how the electrickery does it's voodoo...
However if its uncomfortably hot to touch then it would appear you have an issue with that RR...
I don't think it should be hot enough that it's not just 'a bit warm'
They dont call 'em rectum friers for nothing...
Not mine but apparently he had flames with this one hence the extingisher powder...
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Making up since 2007, sometimes it's true...Honest...
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Hmmm...
I'm a bit stuck in that case...
I'd say it's uncomfortably hot if you hold your finger on it for 10 seconds. Another perculiar feature, it seems the voltage at idle is 13.6v and it then goes down to 13.3v as the rpm climbs. That can't be right, surely?
The old rr used to idle at 12.5v and stop at 14.v as the rpm increased.
Thoroughly confused.
I'm a bit stuck in that case...
I'd say it's uncomfortably hot if you hold your finger on it for 10 seconds. Another perculiar feature, it seems the voltage at idle is 13.6v and it then goes down to 13.3v as the rpm climbs. That can't be right, surely?
The old rr used to idle at 12.5v and stop at 14.v as the rpm increased.
Thoroughly confused.
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It may be you have inadventaly bought a duff one... I'd be sending it back & asking for a refund... Then buy a Mosfet...Jamiefumi46 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 31, 2021 6:27 pm Hmmm...
I'm a bit stuck in that case...
I'd say it's uncomfortably hot if you hold your finger on it for 10 seconds. Another perculiar feature, it seems the voltage at idle is 13.6v and it then goes down to 13.3v as the rpm climbs. That can't be right, surely?
The old rr used to idle at 12.5v and stop at 14.v as the rpm increased.
Thoroughly confused.
Making up since 2007, sometimes it's true...Honest...
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Seems a bit rich, asking for a refund on a CBR125 RR, that doesn't work on a VTR1000
Worth a shot though, lol.
Worth a shot though, lol.
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I personally think you should be seeing a higher voltage at tick-over. With a MOSFET rectifier fitted to my Firestorm I have 14.4 volts showing at tick-over at the battery, that's with no lights switched on,Jamiefumi46 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 31, 2021 6:27 pm Hmmm...
I'm a bit stuck in that case...
I'd say it's uncomfortably hot if you hold your finger on it for 10 seconds. Another perculiar feature, it seems the voltage at idle is 13.6v and it then goes down to 13.3v as the rpm climbs. That can't be right, surely?
The old rr used to idle at 12.5v and stop at 14.v as the rpm increased.
Thoroughly confused.
Chris.
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Promise this is the last question, and potentially, the dumbest.
I got an R/R from Wemoto that states 'uses Mosfet technology'. Good enough for me. Anyway, I've plonked it on and was just curious as to whether, what I assume is the Earth, is on correctly, or whether, in-fact, it matters that much at all. Since my garage is a mile away and I forgot to take a photo, here is a diagram, ok, a sh*t diagram, of what I'm trying to explain.
Is it absolutely fine to have the Earth attached tightly through one of the R/R bolt holes?
I got an R/R from Wemoto that states 'uses Mosfet technology'. Good enough for me. Anyway, I've plonked it on and was just curious as to whether, what I assume is the Earth, is on correctly, or whether, in-fact, it matters that much at all. Since my garage is a mile away and I forgot to take a photo, here is a diagram, ok, a sh*t diagram, of what I'm trying to explain.
Is it absolutely fine to have the Earth attached tightly through one of the R/R bolt holes?
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That is how I run mine
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