I have a 77 xs400 that I recently picked up and it has the old resistor regulator. It doesn't seem to be working very well and I was wondering if I can interchange it with a regulator off of a 1980 xs400?
The regulators both have the same wire colors, just different connectors.
wires on bike harness
Picture of two regulators (top 77, bottom 80)
Wires on regulator connectors (left is 77, right is 80)
EDIT: just went through and checked all of the regulators/rectifiers that I have for the bike, they are all pretty much shot. So has anybody tried updating to a newer combined regulator/rectifier??
The regulators both have the same wire colors, just different connectors.
wires on bike harness
Picture of two regulators (top 77, bottom 80)
Wires on regulator connectors (left is 77, right is 80)
EDIT: just went through and checked all of the regulators/rectifiers that I have for the bike, they are all pretty much shot. So has anybody tried updating to a newer combined regulator/rectifier??
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