How to find aftermarket parts (Alternator)
I'm having charging system problems on my '95 CBR1000F, and I just figured out how rare these bikes are after trying to find an aftermarket. All signs point to the alternator being bad, and the stealership wants 613$ for the part alone. Is there any way to get a cheaper, aftermarket (or perhaps refurb/rebuilt, like autozone-types)..turns out you can't just walk into pepboys and pick up a alternator for these beasts.
Might as well kill two birds with one stone...here's the problem. #1 the regulator/rectifier is defiently gone, whenever its plugged in it blows the 30a main bike fuse. Thats a 200-something$ part. The battery gets charged every night on a battery tender, which indicates fully charged in the morning. After a short ride, the bike completely dies unless its RPMs are above say, 3k-4k. After awhile (which was proved trying to limp the bike home today.. jumping a bike at the side of a busy road isn't fun.) the bike doesn't run under its own power at all once the battery runs out of juice. As soon as the cables come off it dies. I *REALLY* hope this is just a bad rectifier, maybe a bad battery (its only a week old, should be covered under a warranty of some sort)..but coming from working on cars, this seems an awful lot like an alternator to me.
Kind of got off topic, my main question is can I pick one of these up online cheaper than the stealership? 613$ for an alternator seems like ass rapage no matter how you look at it.
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1995 Honda CBR1000F Black/Blue - V&H Slipon
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