It was rainy last weekend so it's time to do an electrical project:
1. Replacing headlight bulbs to LED bulbs
This requires the extended light bulb caps since the LED bulbs have a built-in fan that extends ~1" out to the back. Bought a pair from deftoner and they work perfectly.
2. Replacing the stock shunt regulator with a series regulator
There were reports in BMW and V Strom forums that their stators got burnt due to the stock shunt regulators and the solution was to replace it with a series regulator. I couldn't find any super tenere having such failures but a series regulator will reduce stator load/temperature and probably gain 1 horse power back to the rear wheel. The left one in the photo is the stock shunt regulator (Shindengen FH020AA) while the right side (SH775BA) is the series one. It's a drop-in replacement. Current rating is 50A (stock) vs 35A (series) and thus I replaced headlight with LED bulbs. Shindengen SH847 is a 50A series regulator but its too big to be plug and play.
A quick road test showed the stator cover temperature dropped from 140 deg F to 135. I honestly didn't feel the extra horse power gained but it must be there, LOL
1. Replacing headlight bulbs to LED bulbs
This requires the extended light bulb caps since the LED bulbs have a built-in fan that extends ~1" out to the back. Bought a pair from deftoner and they work perfectly.
2. Replacing the stock shunt regulator with a series regulator
There were reports in BMW and V Strom forums that their stators got burnt due to the stock shunt regulators and the solution was to replace it with a series regulator. I couldn't find any super tenere having such failures but a series regulator will reduce stator load/temperature and probably gain 1 horse power back to the rear wheel. The left one in the photo is the stock shunt regulator (Shindengen FH020AA) while the right side (SH775BA) is the series one. It's a drop-in replacement. Current rating is 50A (stock) vs 35A (series) and thus I replaced headlight with LED bulbs. Shindengen SH847 is a 50A series regulator but its too big to be plug and play.
A quick road test showed the stator cover temperature dropped from 140 deg F to 135. I honestly didn't feel the extra horse power gained but it must be there, LOL
