I am a bit nervous about this. My high-beam blew the other day so when I sealed up my exhaust(which has made a world of difference). I put in a silverstar ultra headlight. I was happy for it and then today (less than 2 days later) under hard acceleration in 4th it brightened and then blew again. I am hoping this is a known issue with the bulb (55/60w), but am afraid that the truth has to do with another failing R/R. Any Ideas on how I can test this tomorrow?

 

check the voltage specs on the bulb itself. i went threw 2 bulbs in my srad that were too high. they also ended up frying the light plugs. check the voltage at the battery on a warm bike at idle, then at 5k. voltage shouldnt be above 14.5 -/+. any higher and that may be causing the blow out.

 

The person at he honda store where I picked up my exhaust gaskets said I needed a 55/60 which is what the package for the bulb said.

 

how did you install the bulb? did you were gloves?

 

Yes I did and the low beam still works

 

hmmm....i would check the voltage at the battery like i said then check the voltage at the plug. wiggle it around to see if you get a short to happen in the line somewhere.

 

The eastern beaver site is silly hard to navigate. I cannot figure out which RR kit I am supposed to buy not can I figure out which relay works for my bike.

 

If I do need another R/R this model would be a drop in right?
93 94 Honda CBR 900RR Voltage Regulator Rectifier
seems like honda used it all over the place and it has fins compared to my matchbox RR

 

i wouldnt go old school. the whole point of replacing your RR with another RR is to get the modern technology and manufacturing tolerances of newer RRs. i would say that RR would be as bad or worse then your factory one.

 

You do know that I wrote a "manual" complete with a list of what R/R's are a good replacement, just a week or two ago, right?

https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...why-how-25117/

 

Lol tweety you are awesome

 

I contacted Jim at eastern Beaver about what parts I should order and he said google it lol.
In any case this is what I ordered for an FH011 "big fin" R1 R/R. Maybe someone else can use this info.

Description Unit price Qty Amount
3P250WP-QLW-Female Connector Set
Item# 3P090WP-QLW-Set $18.62 USD 1 $18.62 USD
5P250-305K Male Housing Only
Item# 5P250-305K-M $3.29 USD 1 $3.29 USD
CNA-M250-TL-2 Terminal
Item# CNA-M250-TL-2 $0.24 USD 3 $0.72 USD
CNA-M312-TL-2 Terminal
Item# CNA-M312-TL-2 $0.33 USD 2 $0.66 USD
Subtotal $23.29 USD
Shipping and handling $5.82 USD
Total $29.11 USD
Payment $29.11 USD