I'm finking that's the way to go.Make the headlamp DC
'Bout as easy to forget a headlight switch as it is the petcock on an XS. Daylight hours and you might have one of those 'oh yeah' moments.
Keep in mind all the time that the gearchange is on the right. And it's up for first, down for second, third, fourth. And up to change back down again. At least there's a neutral finder . . . Oh, and the back brake is on the left. Must avoid those braking-with-the-gear-lever moments.
I have a 2011 Bullet Electra 500 since March of 2020. That was right before the lockdown happened. It had 6535 miles on the clock, and I am the third owner. Due to Covid restraints I minimized all my activities. It has 6914 miles now. It is a pleasure to ride, and a real joy to spend time with every day. This is a picture of the night it came home with me. I removed the saddlebags right after I took the picture for safe keeping.Hoping that next year will be able to venture out on a Gentleman's motorcycle,
Keep in mind Raymond that there's different types of regulators... you'll need to research and find out if the alternator is a PMA setup or the more traditional automotive type that uses the battery to power the rotor. Once you've done that, you can start to narrow it down to what you need.
Not that I know, but I do believe it's likely a Delta or Wye wound three phase stator. https://auto.howstuffworks.com/alternator3.htmMy head is spinning a bit - trying to research wot I got. Google is not very good at answering a question. Such as, Does an Enfield Bullet run a single phase alternator? The results will be loads of ads for alternators, single phase, three-phase, whatever. Plus results for the town of Enfield. Plus ads or various calibers of ammunition. Plus the current phase of the moon, okay, I made that bit up.
So far, I think the alternator is PMA with permanent magnets in the rotor? And it might be 3-phase? Got 4 output wires if that tells us anything.
Floundering when it comes to alternators . . .
In that case Raymond, look for a HO 3 wire stator. That would be for a "normal" PMA alternator. Very simple to wire.... the 3 outputs go to a reg/rec, and DC out of the reg/rec to everything else. Doesn't get much simpler than that.So my intention is to fit a new stator with a higher output - told to go for Lucas - and feed all the output through the rectifier, Boyer Power box in this case, to convert the bike to DC-only. But I still need to work out what type of stator is needed, how many outputs, and how to splice them if necessary to the Power box.