2006-08-22 11:18:39 · 6 answers · asked by john s 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
It converts the AC coming from the generator to DC to charge the battery. If it is bad, your battery won't charge.
2006-08-22 11:20:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
On older bikes (and cars) they use to have generators which produced DC voltage on them, the problem with that is the generators would become de-polorised and not work enless you flashed the fields with a couple of flashlight batteries, (man am I ever showing my age here lol) and the current went up and down with the eng. RPM, kind of like a bicycle headlight that runs off of one of them little generators that is powered by letting it contact the front wheel, the faster you go the brighter the light. Needless to say generators don't do very well at lower RPM's, some smart person came up with the idea a puting an alternator on a car/motorcycle which produces AC current, an alternator dose a much better job at lower RPM's and is more dependable then a generator but the AC current has to be changed to DC current which is the job of the rectifier.
If your really intereted in how the rectifier does that look up "diode bridge" on the internet, there should be a couple of electrictronics pages that can explaine te process pretty well.
2006-08-22 13:06:04 · answer #2 · answered by Greg P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you check the jetting? Sounds like you are running rich (more gas and oil entering the combustion chamber than needed, not enough air). What mix ratio are you using for your gas and oil? Goosey
2016-03-27 01:34:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That nice that you still have one around Cool
2006-08-23 03:27:25 · answer #4 · answered by O'Henry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
adds about $60.00 to the price
2006-08-22 11:23:44 · answer #5 · answered by Jenny A 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
keep it going with juice
2006-08-22 14:59:04 · answer #6 · answered by John L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋