Bigcol187

I was out on my Sv today and as I approached a set of traffic lights the bike died! I pulled the clutch in and pressed the start button and the dash lights just dimmed as if it was flat. I pulled off the road to have a look to which I found an awful burning smell of plastic. I took the seat off and saw that the battery was red hot and had swelled to almost exploding point. So I'm thinking that the regulator rectorfier has gone , that was why it was over charging the battery.

Has anyone else had this sort of problem - some advice and help would be much appreciated.

Also I have heard that there is a modification that some Sv owners have done to the regulator if anyone has any info or a link that would great.