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Biker1977
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PostPosted: 12:25 - 18 Mar 2014    Post subject: HONDA CBR 600 2000 Charging system... Alternator Reply with quote
Hello everyone

I had to call RAC as my bike stalled. It seems unless I keep the revs up, the engine shut off. After the RAC jump started it, and took some reading he came to the conclusion that is the charging system ( Alternator ) that it is at fault. And they offered to tow me home for £169 ( 67 miles) Shocked

I didn’t take the offer and got a Jump starter pack from Halfords for €59 and after few hic ups on the road it did the job!! Mr. Green Had to keep the revs up....even 20mph wasn`t enough to keep the engine going.. Embarassed

Does anyone who big is the job and the likely cost ? it is a HONDA CBR 600 2000

Thank you
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PostPosted: 12:35 - 18 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Likely to be the regulator being a Honda.
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Biker1977
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PostPosted: 12:38 - 20 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paddy. wrote:
Likely to be the regulator being a Honda.


Thanks for comments...I have seen Reg/Rec going for £19..is that any good ?
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PostPosted: 12:55 - 20 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Best to confirm the problem before splashing out.

IIRC if you rev the bike and measure the voltage across the battery and get much more than 14.5v then the reg/rec is dead. Best to wait for confirmation on that.
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Biker1977
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PostPosted: 13:36 - 21 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
c_dug wrote:
Best to confirm the problem before splashing out.

IIRC if you rev the bike and measure the voltage across the battery and get much more than 14.5v then the reg/rec is dead. Best to wait for confirmation on that.


Thanks for the comments

Bizarrely it started ok yesterday Shocked ..seems as long as I keep the light off..the engine wont cut off.. having read few similar posts on here, I just remembered lot of heats come from underneath the bike so that might be the alternator being burned out..so the RAC man could be wright and I need an alternator..I will get the testing for the reg/rec anyway to eliminate it ..Thanks
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PostPosted: 15:45 - 21 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
When my CBR's alternator died, I think it was around £90 to replace it at a mechanic.

found used one here
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PostPosted: 16:44 - 29 May 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
it turned out it s the regulator.. £145 ouch !! got that wrong Mr RAC ! Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: 17:52 - 29 May 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
£90 and a MOSFET regulator rectifier so it's near invincible. Make a note of it for when the Honda one blows up in a few weeks time.
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PostPosted: 19:56 - 29 May 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Biker1977 wrote:
it turned out it s the regulator.. £145 ouch !! got that wrong Mr RAC ! Evil or Very Mad


Yeah, don't pay that sorta cash.

One linked or call Electrex World.
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PostPosted: 19:39 - 01 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Vincent wrote:
Who charged you £145? Mr Honda?


an independent one.
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PostPosted: 19:47 - 01 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Biker1977 wrote:
Vincent wrote:
Who charged you £145? Mr Honda?


an independent one.



It's actually a CBR600F design flaw, they put the reg/rec on the right hand side enclosed inside the tailpod, where no airflow can get to it.

The theory was it was supposed to use the subframe as a heatsink, except the engine makes frame super hot (mine did)

If you bought a genuine honda reg/rec without fins it will probably burn out again, a cheapo solution is to buy a CPU fan and heat sink and mount it to the reg rec.

A better solution is to put it under the undertray where airflow will get to it.

You paid over the odds btw as my CBR600 used a 700ruble one taken from a ZX10R They're mostly the same.
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