Sorry this wasn't on line. I PMed Ken and Kieth, "I am going to do some testing this weekend. Someone is helping me read the tester as I am absolutely electrical illiterate. Can't I just pull the cover off to see if the stator looks like it does on the post or is there gasket replacing. Also I noticed. After I unplugged the connection under the seat. I started the bike and the lights did not pulsate."
Ken's reply " Hi Willy
If you unplugged the stator & it no longer modulated the lights, it probably is strong indicator that either stator or R/R is bad - however it could still be either one.
It would be good if you could do the electrical tests I indicated - the very first one, not even measuring the voltage would give you same result as opening up to inspect it - just put meter on ohms and put one probe in ANY of the three terminals in the stator plug and the other to battery negative (or just touch the engine cases) - if you read short (same reading you get if you just touch prpbes together) then the stator is definitely bad.
Cheers
Ken
Keiths rely " Hey ya Willy!
Yeah, you CAN pull the cover off to visually inspect the stator but there is a gasket involved. If you do this, leave the bike on the kickstand so it's leaning away from you. That way you lose little to no oil at all. The info you stated here should be on the forum too, so the guys can see it and comment on it. Especially the bit about the lights not pulsating when you unplugged that connector!
Cheers, Keith
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