Accessory Connector

Its the heated grip connector. Well hidden, switched power. Search for heated grip connector, how to locate it.
Eastern Beaver had connectors for it, not sure if he still sells them.

From what i understand the early gens may have a weak charging system. I have a 2004 and I'm switching over to LED lights before adding too many toys... Not talking from experience, just from research. Plus, i like the visibility of the LED's. LOL

sabrecanuck said:

From what i understand the early gens may have a weak charging system. I have a 2004 and I'm switching over to LED lights before adding too many toys... Not talking from experience, just from research. Plus, i like the visibility of the LED's. LOL

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Add a volt meter.

sabrecanuck said:

From what i understand the early gens may have a weak charging system. I have a 2004 and I'm switching over to LED lights before adding too many toys... Not talking from experience, just from research. Plus, i like the visibility of the LED's. LOL

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I have full LED now except the brake light. I need to look into that stator in the near future.

I had a 2004 Wee and that generation never reported stator failures because the output was a little lower than the newer ones. You need a V meter to see when you put too much load on the system. In my case, when running 2 H4, 4 additional front LED strobe lights and additional rear LED's I only drew too much when running a heated jacket and heated grips. Solution is to unplug or switch of one of the H4's. That frees 55W. Eastern Beaver sells (or sold?) a headlight disconnect switch set. Best to be combined with a headlight relay kit, if not all converted to LED's. In my book the relay kit is a must to keep the electrical system healthy and avoid burned contacts and connectors.

You may want to study this: LED Headlights - FINALLY a solution that REALLY works.

So what if my heated grips are connected ... what do i connect to ?

Landsurfer74 said:

So what if my heated grips are connected ... what do i connect to ?

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What do you want to power?
You may want to install a small fuse box distributer to run your various devices, like heated jacket, GPS, aux lights, compressor horn .... etc.

Landsurfer74 said:

So what if my heated grips are connected ... what do i connect to ?

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this would depend on what extra you wish to power.
If it is low drain like your phone, or a GPS, that same heated grips connector will suffice.
However, if you are looking at say a heated vest, then you will need a new fused power supply, best connected direct to the battery with something like this to carry 10 amps:
For a phone charger you could even splice into the horn wires as they are a keyed supply.

Having the stator have a lower output can be a good thing, reducing the load on the stator can be a bad thing.

Doing the sums on what is produced and what you will use would be best.

With a shunt regulator not using the power produced creates heat, shortening the life of the stator

With a series regulator the heat is not passed back to the stator extending the stators life, so not consuming all the power produced is not such a problem with this reg.

Some have advised to keep oil level on the high side as the stator is subject to more overheating when the oil level is lower. My '09 650 needed a stator replacement last year, and although I do not think I ever let the oil level get low, it makes sense to me that a slightly overfilled case would provide a better splash bath for the stator than one that was slightly underfilled. Checking oil level on center stand may provide you a false reading as the motor is tilted forward. Raising the front wheel by 3/4" with a board will cause the oil in the sight glass to read less full than without when on the center stand.

Brockie said:

this would depend on what extra you wish to power.
If it is low drain like your phone, or a GPS, that same heated grips connector will suffice.
However, if you are looking at say a heated vest, then you will need a new fused power supply, best connected direct to the battery with something like this to carry 10 amps:

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For a phone charger you could even splice into the horn wires as they are a keyed supply.

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Hi guys ... phone / gps only.