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electrex (electrosport) stator
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:47 pm
by Tony JONES
So has anyone any experience of this new version? I believe it's the
3rd revision? I need a new stator and it's a lot less $$$ than OEM.
I had a horror story a few years ago where I went thru 4 replacement
Electrex regulators (of various types each lasting 50-200 miles)
before they claimed it was my bike at which point I went back to OEM
and it worked fine. Pretty similar to Svantwuyver's experience with
their replacement KLR stator. Fred said he's had no personal
experience of Electrex failures and I figure he sells a few.
Anyone other than Svantwuyver have any comments?
Apparantly they claim it is now compatible with the OEM regulator
(contrary to what the FAQ states). I know they have a warranty but
it's work to pull the stator (not to mention gaskets) if it fails plus
it opens up the nightmare of it toasting my perfectly good OEM regulator.
I'm all for giving second chances, but have they got their act together?
Tony
electrex (electrosport) stator
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:00 pm
by RM
I seem to be the only guy on the planet with a full Electrex
setup (three year old G45 stator and whatever RR they sold at
the time) that still works perfectly.
I don't know about their current (no pun intended) stator
design, but I do know that the KLR regulator is pin-compatible
with certain other Kawi regulators. If you have trouble in the
future, you might try checking around on eBay for OEM
take-offs. I know the ZR-7's would work, although you might
have to remount the unit (I think it's a touch larger).
RM
On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 02:45:59 -0000, "Tony Jones"
said:
So has anyone any experience of this new version? I believe
it's the
3rd revision? I need a new stator and it's a lot less $$$
than OEM.
I had a horror story a few years ago where I went thru 4
replacement
Electrex regulators (of various types each lasting 50-200
miles)
before they claimed it was my bike at which point I went back
to OEM
and it worked fine. Pretty similar to Svantwuyver's
experience with
their replacement KLR stator. Fred said he's had no personal
experience of Electrex failures and I figure he sells a few.
Anyone other than Svantwuyver have any comments?
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electrex (electrosport) stator
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:38 pm
by Tony JONES
I figured more people would have one of these beasts. Based on the
comments it looks like you may be one of the few with a stator, let
alone a full setup
Do they still require that you cut the wires? Why is that? Are they
too cheap to provide a compatible connector or is there some actually
good reason?
Tony
> I seem to be the only guy on the planet with a full Electrex
> setup (three year old G45 stator and whatever RR they sold at
> the time) that still works perfectly.
>
> I don't know about their current (no pun intended) stator
> design, but I do know that the KLR regulator is pin-compatible
> with certain other Kawi regulators. If you have trouble in the
> future, you might try checking around on eBay for OEM
> take-offs. I know the ZR-7's would work, although you might
> have to remount the unit (I think it's a touch larger).
>
> RM
electrex (electrosport) stator
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:57 pm
by wannabsmooth1
--- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Jones" wrote:
>
> I figured more people would have one of these beasts. Based on the
> comments it looks like you may be one of the few with a stator, let
> alone a full setup
>
> Do they still require that you cut the wires? Why is that? Are they
> too cheap to provide a compatible connector or is there some actually
> good reason?
>
> Tony
Tony,
The current
units are plug-n-play, connectors installed. IMO, this
may help some of the old issues possibly caused or affected by
crimp-on connectors.
all the best,
Mike
Eagle Mfg & Eng since 1990
San Diego, Ca
electrex (electrosport) stator
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:12 pm
by RM
On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 21:36:14 -0000, [1]"Tony Jones"
said:
>Do they still require that you cut the wires? Why is that? Are
they
>too cheap to provide a compatible connector or is there some
actually
>good reason?
At the time, you had to splice your own wires. I think the G45
had some non-Kawasaki fitments in addition to the KLR. Electrex
was probably trying to keep SKU-sprawl to a minimum.
Given the layperson's difficulty in creating bulletproof splices
for this critical circuit, I applaud their decision to go
plug-n-play.
RM
References
1. mailto:tony@...
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:16 pm
by goblinmrkt1
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