No Voltage Regulator...

[02blasterguy]

Yep..you read it right...found yet ANOTHER curve ball with my R tonight.

Turn out it has NO Voltage Regulator on it either.

Is this even possible? Would / could it even run without one? Because it did actually run, but it didn't have one.

I looked all over this thing for it, and can't find it, can't even find the plug for it off the Harness. It was chopped up and re-taped pretty good though!!

The only things is has are CDI and Coil. Nothin else.

So here's my dilemma...

Would a wiring harnes from any year R work? Frame is an '86 with '87 motor.

I eventually want to upgrade to the CR Ignition though OR High Performance CDI with Nology Coil. Whichever one would be better.

But I wanna get it running ASAP, so should I just get a new R harness, Regulator, Perf. CDI, and go from there? Or just get the whole CR setup?

[02blasterguy]

Anyone? Anyone? You? Anyone?

[zillaguy89]

it will run without a voltage regulator, but you will have no lights

[02blasterguy]

So the only "bad" thing is no lights? It won't fry the CDI from overvoltage or anything like that?

If so, then that's ok, b/c I know with the CR Ignition, you lose lights also.

[zillaguy89]

it won't fry anything. I'm not sure what years will work with what though

[02blasterguy]

It's all good.

The way I look at it, is if it's safe as it is now, it's 1 less thing I gotta replace and can save money for something else that needs fixed.

[zillaguy89]

yep....it won't hurt anything. I don't think the ignition side of the system even runs thru the regulator. I know it doesn't on suzuki's.

[fulltiltrider]

go to a motorcycle junk yard and get a regulator off anything thats a 2 stroke. It will work. My regulator is off a polaris snowmobile, works fine

[02blasterguy]

If I don't NEED it, I'm not worried about it. I didn't plan on running lights on it anyways.