Bike's battery won't charge? It might be your stator. First diagnose the charging system per the service manual, and if you determine your stator is bad, here's how you change it out:
1. Remove seat, left side panel under seat and plastic skid plate, disconnect battery and drain oil (not sure if you need to do this, but I did). I also had the tank raised because I changed the spark plugs:
2. Disconnect the two black connectors near the regulator/rectifier underneath the side panel, below the seat:
3. Snip the zip tie that holds the harness to the frame:
4. Remove all the bolts around the left side engine case and the clutch slave cylinder:
5. Remove the left side engine case and feed the connected wiring harness off the bike from behind the frame. You'll find the stator bolted to the back of the engine case with 6 allen head bolts. Remove them and remove the bad stator, and remove and discard the gasket between the engine and the engine case you removed:
1. Remove seat, left side panel under seat and plastic skid plate, disconnect battery and drain oil (not sure if you need to do this, but I did). I also had the tank raised because I changed the spark plugs:
2. Disconnect the two black connectors near the regulator/rectifier underneath the side panel, below the seat:
3. Snip the zip tie that holds the harness to the frame:
4. Remove all the bolts around the left side engine case and the clutch slave cylinder:
5. Remove the left side engine case and feed the connected wiring harness off the bike from behind the frame. You'll find the stator bolted to the back of the engine case with 6 allen head bolts. Remove them and remove the bad stator, and remove and discard the gasket between the engine and the engine case you removed: