I have a '98 XX with the Yamaha R/R conversion, done about 13 months ago. When I did the conversion I also replaced the stator and battery. Bike has run perfect until yesterday. I also installed a Datel digital volt meter to keep me from getting stranded. Tuesday the bike got drenched sitting in the parking lot at work. Rode it home-no issues. Bike sat for one day plugged up to a tender. Rode in Wednesday night-no issues. When I got home I found that one of the stator leads was melted-one of the other leads was somewhat melted and the third looked fine. When I pulled the R/R I found a small amount of moisture in the plug receptacle. Stator checks good-volts and ohms, even with the damaged wiring. R/R checks bad when checking voltage across the battery and reving the engine according to the troubleshooting guide that is out. When I did the conversion I used heavy butt splices to hook up the factory leads to the new pigtail that I got with the R/R (from barton on this forum, I think). Can anyone guess what melted the wiring? Could the water have caused my R/R to get fried? I am guessing I need another R/R. Any advice you have will be appreciated.
Thanks
Craig