| Author | Message | ||
     Sinnister |
Just thought I'd share my idea for people that have or need to go with the upgraded regulator. I didn't really like the looks of the under the tail mounting so I decided to mess around with some ideas and this is what I settled on. I do not believe this will work with the stock exhaust but it should work with most aftermarket. It isn't really that close to the exhaust but with it being right in the front I believe that will make it be ok since it will be getting some major airflow. I still have to paint and run the wires so I'll post that later. I tried to get some up close shots so if you want you can replicate it for your application.          | ||
| Sinnister |
I also have a question. To the people that have added the upgraded regulator, did anyone go straight to the battery with the battery connections and if so did you run the included relay/fuse that came with the regulator or did you run it straight to the battery? | ||
| Cataract2 |
Now that is a clean install and one that I was thinking about. Up front like the XB's. | ||
| Sinnister |
I'll post up more once I've got it painted and everything ran and cleaned up. I'm waiting for my rotor to come in currently so I've been kind of doing this little by little. | ||
| Shawns |
I like it. I would run the wires up the other side to keep it away from the exhaust. | ||
| Dennis_c |
 I have it rounded more now looks better now | ||
| Sinnister |
Nice. How does it do there? I just got my oiling rotor and the paints dried on the bracket so it will be getting all put on on Thurs. Did you run the regulator straight to the battery or did you run the supplied relay/fuse that came from Roadstercycle? | ||
| Beefsupreme |
Given that those pipes you're next to are flowing 1,200+ degree exhaust and are themselves only a few hundred degrees cooler, I think these front mount setups have to be the most inefficient and problematic setups short of putting it in the v lol. I'm not saying this from experience, this is just my theory. Sure the airflow is greater than on the rear, but an ambient temperature difference of a couple hundred degrees is *not* worth a few extra mph of airflow. big scheme of things I think you'd be fine with either setup, but I see a lot of people thinking this is going to cool down the regulator, but honestly it's of my opinion that it'll do the opposite. If anyone has any reference material on this subject I would like to see it, but until then, I think short of mounting it to the upper fairing somehow, the tail is the best bet. | ||
| Shawns |
You could fabricate a heat shield for the exhaust side. Had to do that with a starter when I put a small block in my old s10. | ||
| Sinnister |
Just an update now that I'm finished with my setup. I ended up having a grounded out stator so had to get a new one. Finally buttoned it all up the other day so here is the final setup. I talked to Jack at Roadstercycle and discussed this setup with him and he believes even with the exhaust somewhat close there should be no heat issues since it is getting about the best airflow you can give the VR.         | ||
| Baf |
Hmm, WAY too hot up there for the regulator IMO. The big problem will be idling and after shutdown (just because the bike isn't running doesn't mean you can store the regulator at super high temperatures) - it's going to get crap loads of heat soak/high ambient temperatures and zero airflow. I put my CE-605 through the paces, mounted back by the license plate under the tail section, and it performed flawlessly. This included thousands of miles of riding, from cold weather to mountain carving to crawling through slow Florida traffic on a hot summer night. Not a lick of trouble, and I don't think I ever saw it drop below 13v. (Message edited by BAF on April 06, 2014) | ||
| Sinnister |
Well been out about 1000 miles now with lots of traffic and hot weather and it's never went below 13.9V. Also checked with Jack at Roadstercycle and he believes this is a perfectly fine location and he is the one who is going to warranty it. Haven't had a single issue and I have even gotten off the bike and touched the VR right after turning off the bike and it has never been too hot to touch. I'm just throwing it out there as an option for people who don't want to put it in the back. I never liked having it sit under the tail like I've seen people mount them and on the back of the plate. I like to have it look like it belongs someplace. This really isn't any closer than an XB regulator is from the header of that. | ||
| Yugi |
I have a Compufire VR at stock location installed for 5500 miles already. Still doing good. Battery voltage between 13.0 and 15.0 Volts. My stator was last replaced at 12000 miles, and EBR rotor installed at 13200 miles. Now at 18200 miles, and everything is working fine (knock on wood). | ||
| Finedaddy1 |
Yugi - Same here, I've been very please w/ this set-up. |
