1977 CB750k here, I was out riding the other day and I'm not totally sure how it happened but my buddy pointed out a wire hanging down by my back tire. I traced it and it was the hot wire from my rear right turn signal. I was out on the road and had no way to tape it up so I wrapped it around a piece of the frame with the end of the wire sticking out so it wouldn't touch anything. By the time I got back to town my turn signals weren't working and the horn wouldn't honk. My ignition started sagging and the bike would bog, I barely made it home.
I looked and the hot wire had slipped from where I had it secured, grounded to the frame, and had drained the battery. I threw the bike on the charger, fixed the wire, and when I took it back out today thinking all was well it wanted to die on me again after about 35 mins of riding! I checked my stator just as a sanity check and got the .2ohm resistance reading between the yellow wires, all good there. I havent had the original reg/rec units in ages. I have a replacement combo unit, not sure where from, and I'm starting to suspect that little wiring issue fried it. Am I correct to assume that? Does this sound about right? I tried checking with a multimeter on diode setting between the red wire and the three yellows on the reg/rec wiring clip but I was getting values in the 500s. I'm not a great electrician.. I can read and understand a wiring diagram and rewire correctly, but that's about it lol. Any input would be wonderful!
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