bwthor
XS650 Enthusiast
Wondering what the best source is for a replacement rotor?
My 1980 was charging pretty weak, and I also noticed a pretty heavy load on the battery with just the key in the on position. Checked the load at around 11amps!
Anyhow, removed the brushes, and checked the Ohm resistance between my slip rings and got 1.4 on the meter (and about .3 just touching the leads) so I'm at about 1.1 Ohms. A old cycle place in town had a used one, but didn't have a meter to check, so they let me bring it home. It checked out exactly the same as my current one. Now not trusting my meter, I grabbed a 10 Ohm resistor and checked it out on my meter and it was about dead on.
OK, I'm 99.9% sure my rotor, and the loaner is bad. What to do next? I've read a pile of threads on this forum, and some are from years back, and the suppliers are either out of business, or the ones recommended back then seem to have lost their sterling reputations.
So, back to my question, if you needed a new rotor, where would you go now?
My 1980 was charging pretty weak, and I also noticed a pretty heavy load on the battery with just the key in the on position. Checked the load at around 11amps!
Anyhow, removed the brushes, and checked the Ohm resistance between my slip rings and got 1.4 on the meter (and about .3 just touching the leads) so I'm at about 1.1 Ohms. A old cycle place in town had a used one, but didn't have a meter to check, so they let me bring it home. It checked out exactly the same as my current one. Now not trusting my meter, I grabbed a 10 Ohm resistor and checked it out on my meter and it was about dead on.
OK, I'm 99.9% sure my rotor, and the loaner is bad. What to do next? I've read a pile of threads on this forum, and some are from years back, and the suppliers are either out of business, or the ones recommended back then seem to have lost their sterling reputations.
So, back to my question, if you needed a new rotor, where would you go now?