Charging System Install - Re-Charged Road King | Charging System Basics

05. Getting to the stator required removing the entire primary (outer cover and inner primary). Once that was completed, Ray removed the magnetic rotor that covers the stator. The rotor’s magnets rotate around the stator to excite the stator’s coils, which generates AC voltage.

06. Out with the old…
07. …in with the new. Once the stator was slid onto the sprocket shaft, the stator plug was routed through the engine case to be hooked up to the new voltage regulator.
07. …in with the new. Once the stator was slid onto the sprocket shaft, the stator plug w
08. The rotor was re-installed using two flathead screwdrivers because the force of the magnets is so strong it needs to be restrained so it doesn’t slam against the stator, etc.
08. The rotor was re-installed using two flathead screwdrivers because the force of the m

09. Ray ditched the old voltage regulator and hooked up the new one between the frame’s downtubes.
09. Ray ditched the old voltage regulator and hooked up the new one between the frame’s d
10. He then routed the voltage regulator’s male plug to the stator’s female port and plugged the two together. Notice the equal length of the two prongs (arrow), nice and healthy. Next, Ray hooked up the old regulator’s ground wire to the new regulator and routed it to the chassis to ground it.
10. He then routed the voltage regulator’s male plug to the stator’s female port and plug
11. Ray then routed the regulator’s positive cable (A) to the circuit breaker’s silver post. The red cable with black sleeve (B) was routed to the ignition. Lastly, the black cable with red sleeve was hooked up to the copper post (C) and routed to the starter where it meets the battery’s positive cable. The circuit breaker acts just like your home’s circuit breaker. If you’re running too many accessories on your bike, it protects your battery from being overloaded.
11. Ray then routed the regulator’s positive cable (A) to the circuit breaker’s silver po

12. Last to be installed was J&P Cycles’ new Sealed High Output battery. J&P offers a wide variety of batteries that are model-specific. After hooking up the positive cable first (always!), he connected the ground cable. The J&P Cycles charger’s blue and red cables were then hooked up to the battery.
12. Last to be installed was J&P Cycles’ new Sealed High Output battery. J&P offers a wid
13. It was then routed under the frame next to the right side cover and plugged into the J&P charger.
13. It was then routed under the frame next to the right side cover and plugged into the
14. As you can see, the green light showed that the battery was good to go and the charging system was working properly. And with that, the charging system install was completed.
14. As you can see, the green light showed that the battery was good to go and the chargi