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allenr
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- Joined
- Nov 28, 2006
- Messages
- 399
- Location
- Barossa Valley, South Australia
- Tractor
- Duetz DX3.70, Fendt 305LSA,260S & 205P,Kubota B6100E & 3 x B5100E & RTV900, Caterpillar 428C
My GoldWing has an internal alternator (inside the engine case) and they only put out around 37 amps. Good enough for a stock bare bike but hardly enough for a 100 watt stereo,driving lights,air horns,tons of LEDS and trailer lights.Boys will be boys you know. The stock alternators are a common nuisance on the older Wings as they do go bad and fixing them requires pulling the engine. This is not mine but it pretty much shows what I have done to my bike. You have to cut out part of the timing belt cover,machine a pulley for the crank and make some brackets. There is a kit with the pulley and brackets,but it cost $190!!! I bought the pulleys,made an adapter on my lathe and made the brackets for $27...including the ebay alternator,breaker and belt....the whole deal cost me less than a hundred bucks.
My bike is a 1985 1200 Interstate. You can't even tell I added the alternator unless you look closely into the fairing fins.
Bob, that Goldwing is perfect, thanks for the photos of yours and of another conversion.
I had to lathe an old cast pulley to fit the alt as the 3 ebay alternators I.ve bought all had a serpantine pulley and I've used up all the vee pulleys from old alternators.