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    May 18, 2020 4 minutes

    1999 HONDA VFR800Fi

    Q: I have a 1999 VFR800 Anniversary Honda. I have owned it for 12 years and it has been very reliable. But as all VFR Hondas do, the charging system has been playing up.

    I replaced the alternator about five years ago with an OEM unit from the USA and that seemed to solve the problem. Then I had more problems with charging and I replaced the reg/rectifier with a replica and then with an OEM Honda one. Still the battery would go flat running round town and require trickle charging now and again.

    Eventually I replaced the reg/rec with an Electrex World

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