stator swap

It's time to ditch the goofy kz650C1 charging system. I am going to the per mag 3 wire system from a gpz750. I picked up a rec/reg from Oregon Motorcycle Parts. I have the stator and rotor from a gpz.

Is there any thing else I will need? any tips or pointers are welcome!

That is a very good upgrade. It should boost your power output close to 20A. If you have the room or can find the room than a bigger battery would also be ideal. I would also make a new blade fuse holder to replace the old tube fuses. this is what I did for one of my bikes.

You will also need a different stator cover, the 77 cover won't hold the GPz stator. Not sure if the Gpz cover (if you have it) will fit the 650, but a cover from a 78 or later 650 will work.

Edit: Btw, here are a couple of threads that might interest you:

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Make sure that you take a lot of pictures when you do this upgrade. There is a lot of guys here who would love to do the same thing. as they say a picture is worth a thousand words, and believe me, you will have a Million questions on how you did it. so lots of pictures.

Fuse And Fuse Holder Designations

1. The older Kawasaki’s use a glass tubed fuse with the designation of AGX 1” long. Most good auto parts stores can get them for you. They are ¼” in diameter.

2. The more common AGC is 1 ¼” long and may not fit the smaller fuse clips. Again, ¼” in diameter.

3. To clean and polish the fuse clips, I use a cotton swab(Q- Tip) and some Brasso metal cleaner or Turtle Wax Chrome Polish. I suppose any good metal polish would work.

4. These fuses can fail internally but look good, only by removing them from the clip and electrically continuity checking with either a self powered test light, or a multimeter set on OHMS can they be determined to be in good shape.

5. A physical inspection of the metal end caps for tightness will tell you if the fuse is serviceable.

6. Most modern motorcycles are now using the automobile “Blade” style fuse with the designation of ATC or ATO.

7. The reduced sized “Mini” Blade style fuse holder uses the ATM size of fuses.

8. If the fuse and fuse holder overheat, it could soften or anneal the grip of the clip, it might require squeezing the clip to restore the tightness.

9. A list of where to purchase “Blade” style fuses and holders:

www.waytekwire.com order.waytekwire.com/productdetail2/M50/...20%20%20%208%20FUSE/

www.rallylights.com www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=765

www.delcity.net www.delcity.net/cartviewitem?item=73805&search=y