regulater died, what are your thoughts on this unit?
 

the other day she died on me, the bike was making a high pitched nooise that sounded like a bad ground coming through stereo speakers. i pulled over to have abreak, tried to fire her up and she lost power. yanked the seat and noticed the main fse had blown, so i replaced it, fired up and went home. today i had her running in the driveway warming up and then suddenly she died. so again i checked the fuse and replaced it and it popped instantly, and then another 4 or 5 popped. so i removed the reg and was able to get power into the bike again so it looks like the regulater has finally passed away. so im trying to get one asap cause i desperatly want to ride. is it worth getting an oem unit from honda? or what about this one?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Regul...Q5fAccessories

id like one thats gonna last, my bike is an 01 so will the unit for the 03-05 work?

also the nice thing about that place is that its canadian so it would arrive the same week i order it

I once did a reverse lookup on ronayers.com Many Hondas use the same RR, including some CBR600s. Take a look and maybe find one on ebay from a late model bike that you think is safe. The newer RRs seem to be ok - they are finned.

I got my replacement R\R from these guys

http://www.regulatorrectifier.com/catalog/

good info thans for all the help guys. i had a fella from here message me about the one i linked and he said he likes it and the quality and build looks better than oem, plus its in quebec and since im in canada i should have it mid week. thanks again for the help

https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...ad.php?t=19181

check this link out before you install, esp post 8 which says to handle the pos cable only after installing the ground/neg post. I did install the opp way and fried mine/

Thanks for the link nath. I just came to from a wine coma on the couch. Lol. Does post 8 say negative first then positive? I've always done it the other way around was told it was safer for the battery.

Hey 8541, how has your R/R been till now? Just curious since I just ordered mine form the same.