very lucky escape

[jerryz]

was relocating my S4 regulator today to give it a bit more cooler air by turning it upside down and also mounting it to a substantial aluminium plate to aid heatsink cooling may extend the life of the RR as on the S4 it hides behind the engine under the seat unlike aircooled monsters.

But i also found the 3 pin connector from the alternator to the RR was nearly fried and fused into a black meesy lump a few more miles and it would have taken out the Regulator /Rectifier and maybe the alternator ...ouch!!!!!!expensive ....but i caught it in time and replaced the offending connector which is cheap and easy to do..

I reckon it will now go on my monthly check list for all my Ducatis in the future ,

do yourselves a favour and check yours too.
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MONSTERMAN

[battlecry]

Just did last week and ordered a Shindengen RR from Yamaha.  Will be building the harness next week with connectors from Eastern Beaver.  I have the RR upside down with an aluminum plate like you, but I also have a PCIII installed on top of that, and I wanted a cooler setup to extend the life of the PCIII.

Those fried stator conectors are a trip, aren't they?  I tried to protect them from corrosion with dielectric grease but it didn't do much help.  I ordered a sealed connector, but I'm thinking of doing butt splices on the wires to avoid the whole mess.  What I find strange is that the DC connector looks pristine.  I guess so much electrical energy is dumped as heat it doesn't have a chance to ruin that other connector.

[Radar]

Has anyone ever considered installing a small 12 volt DC fan for cooling?

I have a fan, and was thinking I might try to use it for this purpose. I have yet to see if there is room, though...

Just thinking out loud...

Eric m.

[NorDog]

Has anyone ever considered installing a small 12 volt DC fan for cooling?

I have a fan, and was thinking I might try to use it for this purpose. I have yet to see if there is room, though...

Just thinking out loud...

Eric m.

I don't think you'll get the airflow you need under the seat.  Besides, it seems like it would be infinitely easier to just do this...




Pull the vent tank, throw a filter kit onto the crankcase vent, drill a couple of holes in the plastic under seat mud guard, and be done with it. 

New Monsters?  I have no idea if this will work or not.  Or if it's even needed.  Do they have the volt regs mounted in the same fashion?

[Veloce-Fino]

I don't think you'll get the airflow you need under the seat.  Besides, it seems like it would be infinitely easier to just do this...


Pull the vent tank, throw a filter kit onto the crankcase vent, drill a couple of holes in the plastic under seat mud guard, and be done with it. 

New Monsters?  I have no idea if this will work or not.  Or if it's even needed.  Do they have the volt regs mounted in the same fashion?

It's located on the front of the bike right behind the forks on that plastic shroud under the trellis frame. Gets loads of airflow under there.