rsv charging battery circuit mod

just read this sticky about the charging circuit modification and its a good read thanks

http://rsvzone.com/forums/showthrea...g-Modification&highlight=battery+modification

is this an issue with all rsv 's? or is it just the older ones.

and when are you most at risk of battery losing charge

thanks

Check the condition of the connectors - if they are corroded you have a risk of overheating and melting.
Mine are as new and i have put some battery grease into connectors every year to keep them in good nick.

Had done this mod on my bike & afew customers bikes afew years back & it worked well on my bike till the Yamaha starter Solenoid fused closed & made the bike turn over by its self for 6 minutes till I got the seat off & the + battery terminal , which inturned burnt all the earths to the frame earth point & the other wires in the loom that where beside them .... None of the main 30 amp fuses blow or the extra 30 amp fuse which showed a problem with this particular wiring mod ! I rewired all the damaged wiring but still had ongoing trouble so ended up taking out the whole wiring loom & replaced with another complete loom & rewired the reg/rec up a different way without the extra 30amp fuse or any of the extra wires as with the oringinal rec/reg modification did . End result bike charges at 14.2+V at idle & 13.9v at 4000rpm so as good if not better than doing the wiring modification & it is still uses the Factory frame earth point & retaines the 2 x 30 amp fuses . All I'll say is just be aware when changing Factory wiring to make more power to the battery . The brown plug is only supplying the power to the Reg/Rec & the other white plug is the 2 earths to the frame & the 2 power leads to the battery .