Rule one about saying something boastful, it will come back and bite you.
I was out riding Sunday, and it was hot. I made numerous stops for hydration, and pictures, always leaving the engine running for a minute or two. Not much more time than spent at a traffic light. I do this because it sometimes is a little slow to turn over on 90F and above days.
Well on the way home after a two hour ride, I noticed my voltage was at 12.4 vdc on my meter. I knew that wasn't good, so I stopped and disconnected my aux head light, I don't recall at the time if the headlights were lit, but by the time I got home they were not. Little guy ran OK idle RPM increased to 2500, with a little miss-fire, voltage was 12.3 vdc by the time I garaged it.
Diagnosis is completely burnt all three wires from the stator internally. 0VAC on all phases. Also looks like it took out part of my rectifier, but I have a new spare in the tool box. Hindsight the stator was a replacement after the original failed at 28k miles, I put it in April, and it was a little undersized. I ordered an OEM replacement.
While I have all the body panels off I checked the valves. Still at .005 intake and .007 exhaust after 29,000 miles, amazing.
I will try to post pics of the stator later.
