OK, where can I get a reg/rec from. Phoned the local bike shop and they say it costs £114 + VAT and according to them there are none in the country and it'll take 7 days to arrive!

I agree, its a common fault with the SV.

A '97 GSXR 750 reg/rect will fit a '99 curvy just fine. You'll need to change the connections a little though. These reg/rect's are usually cheaper, and funnily enough, more available.

The difference between the curvy's & pointies here (so I'm told), is that pointies use a 6pin connector, the curvy's a 4 pin connector, but only 3 are used.

I'm sure I can dig up more exact wiring details if you manage to find the GSXR reg./rect. locally.


EDIT: Also, look here.... http://www.gear4bikes.com/acatalog/S...ectifiers.html I don't know about stock levels, but £64.95 for a 99-00 Reg./Rect.
EDIT2: Another site, http://www.partsgateway.co.uk ... they claim a 70% discount over prices offered by Suzuki. Click the links to get to a page that says "Get a quote" and follow that system to get them to email/call you back with a price.

HTH

Ive heard about it being a known weakness, is it wise to buy another one if they are known to be rubbish?

I can charge the battery at work using a 12V 6A supply, will this be OK?

I mentionned the GSXR one for a reason. They're better units, and less suceptable to faults. However, it depends on your electrical background as to how comfortable you are fitting it.

The fitting involves splicing connections from the loom into new wires for the GSXR reg/rect as the connector doesn't fit as-is. All you really have to do is make sure you get the wires in the right place, and it's fine. Wire it wrongly, and there's a good chance you'll fry your bike (and yourself).

A new SV reg/rect should be fine, for a while at least. All reg/rects fault at some stage or another, and I've not seen a bike that's never had a faulty reg/rect to be honest (unless it's brand new, and it just hasn't happened YET - like mine).

Without the reg/rect, your bike won't run for more than 8 miles, so you do need one, it's just a matter of which one. I'm not going to offer specific advice, other than the fact that if you're worried by anything I've said (such as frying your bike), get a qualified auto-electrician to do it.

Thanks for all your help Baph, I've been looking on some salvage/breakers sites and they dont seem to have the GSXR750 ones. I've been reading some of Sid squids posts and he recommends the CBR6 is there a particular year/model to go for? I'm fairly confident wiring it all up but does anyone know which wire goes to which??? (If I got a CBR reg/reg)

Doh, My bike went to the salvage dealers yesterday, still fitted with a 2005 CBR600RR R/R.


Fitting them is dead simple you just need to be prepared to splice on the original SV connectors from your dead SV RR.

Because there were more wires on the Honda unit. I did have to download a CBR manual just to make sure the wires I was using were correct. for some reason honda have 2 live and two earth wires.

Thanks Tim, is it just a case of re-wiring or do you have to start re-wiring the extra earth/live to other parts of the bike? Is the 2005 RR the same as other years do you know?

A little google-fu magic gets you this

EDIT: Also this. Reg/Rect for the SV, £65.

EDIT2: Busters stock them too, not sure about stock levels. £59.

There are two connectors. One contains the 3 yellows AC leads and the second the live and earth connections.

The 3 yellows AC leads from the CBR R/R simply splice them into the SV connector. For the live and earth I cannot recall the colours but I think they were red and black. Simply join the two lives together the same for the earths and then splice them into the other connector.

I soldered my connections and used a bit of heat shrink tube to insulate. Then wrap the hole lot in black insulating tape and there was no indication of it not being a non standard part