Hi everyone. Melbourne here. Recently bought a 1993 ST1100, did all the normal stuff, new tires, full service, including plugs. Updated to bi zeon headlights.
I was wondering about advice on alternator. Although mine has only 48000klm and I do not think has ever been in the rain. 1 owner since new (came with original purchase receipt and owners manual). Interestingly he paid exactly $15,000 for it from Peter Steven’s in Melbourne. It has always been garaged, I know the alternators are prone to failure. Just because I found 1, I bought the adaptor plate, spline and new alternator, just to have for the future. I do not intend to install, unless it fails. I don’t ride much (perhaps out to restaurants 4 times a year on a lovely day). Am I over killing ? Or are these definitely going to fail sooner or later ? And if that is the case 2 or 3 years down the track, unlike now, they will probably be just impossible to find.
Not sure if I have done the right thing.
Also in my modifications, put a neat charging bolt, hard to see at bottom of fairing, protected by a circuit breaker . Nice and easy to trickle charge battery.
