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scannerzer YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 31 northern ireland Gender:	rectifier relocation 01/15/12 at 13:53:01 Hi Guys I'm about to start some mods to my 1990 Savage. I'm going to fit a Harley Street bob seat and a new rear mudguard (fender). I'm wondering if the regulator uses the rear guard as a heatsink or if it would be ok to relocate it to something smaller, I was thinking of moving it to beside the battery where the tool kit used to be Thanks Eddie
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: rectifier relocation Reply #1 - 01/15/12 at 14:04:51 Has been done before, and haven't heard any issues arising from it. If you're not in a hot climate, you probably could hang it off the engine and get away with it. Not a lot goes wrong with these, key issues are connector corrosion. This can cause overheating and overcharging the battery.
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scannerzer YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 31 northern ireland Gender:	Re: rectifier relocation Reply #2 - 01/15/12 at 15:10:58 That's what i was hoping to hear ,thanks for the fast reply.I'll try and post some pics as i go along if it goes to plan Thanks again Eddie
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TheFid Senior Member Offline WE Come Unclean. Posts: 282 U.K. Morecambe Gender:	Re: rectifier relocation Reply #3 - 01/16/12 at 03:20:46 That is where i fitted mine.The tool box cover fits over this.
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12Bravo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 628 Mid-Missouri Gender:	Re: rectifier relocation Reply #4 - 01/16/12 at 07:51:41 Another place to put the rectifier is in the air box if you are still running a stock air filter. That's where mine is and haven't had any problems with it.
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scannerzer YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 31 northern ireland Gender:	Re: rectifier relocation Reply #5 - 01/16/12 at 14:38:40 thanks for the suggestions, the excellent photo posted is exactly what i had in mind as for putting it in the air filter casing did you put it in front of the filter element? Thats an interesting thought which i would consider now ,it would still get plenty of air flow
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Savage_Amusement Serious Thumper Offline On this steel horse I ride. Posts: 1004 Omaha, NE Gender:	Re: rectifier relocation Reply #6 - 01/19/12 at 19:53:33 I put mine down on the lower muffler bracket. There is a flat area that it fits nicely into. It's been there since 2007 with out any problems. Crappy cell phone photo from a few years back when I did it. You get the idea though.
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Re: rectifier relocation
Reply #7 - 01/23/12 at 12:22:15

I've chickened out and decided to do the mod to the front seat bracket. If I were going to fit the Harley seat I would have had to cut the rear frame rails and i did not fancy doing this.

I first added a 12mm spacer and then changed it for a 20mm spacer.

I have attached some pictures of how i did it using 20mm electrical conduit.

Eddie
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Re: rectifier relocation
Reply #8 - 01/23/12 at 12:32:46

scannerzer wrote on 01/23/12 at 12:22:15:

I've chickened out and decided to do the mod to the front seat bracket. If I were going to fit the Harley seat I would have had to cut the rear frame rails and i did not fancy doing this.

I first added a 12mm spacer and then changed it for a 20mm spacer.

I have attached some pictures of how i did it using 20mm electrical conduit.

Eddie

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SurfJunkie Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 66	Re: rectifier relocation Reply #9 - 01/23/12 at 12:45:40 Ill be pulling my airbox entirely and welding a small metal plate to the top rails of the frame. This should give me just enough of a pocket to hide ALL the electronics in, and give me the uber cool "floating motor" look. Ill be doing that later tonight me thinks
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scannerzer YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 31 northern ireland Gender:	Re: rectifier relocation Reply #10 - 01/23/12 at 14:45:38 Thanks for that EJID, I tried to do but i'm new to this and just couldn't figure it out! Thanks again Eddie
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scannerzer YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 31 northern ireland Gender:	Re: rectifier relocation Reply #11 - 01/23/12 at 14:48:51 Hi Surfjunkie I look foward to seeing wot you do. I'd like to buy another bike to mod a bit more than this one but savages are a bit rare here in Northern Ireland but I live in hope. Eddie
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