ok, went on a 700-800mile tripthe other day, i road from 5am-12am the bike ran great no issues at all. the next morning i road for about 1 1/2 hours and the bike just shut down leaving me stranded on the side of the highway on the hottest freeking day of the year naturally. shso i used my cousins bike to run home to get another battery from my other bike, i put it in and about 10 min later it died on me again so i pushed the bike for about 5 or 6 miles uphills for 2 1/2 hours(thought i was dieing) finally called for a tow. i got home and removed the stator and had noticed that the wiring looked cooked at the plug. i wish someone had a freeking cure for this F'n problem on these bikes. i already replaced the voltage reg (new) and a new battery now the dam stator(wtf). so to get to my question i removed the stator and had a hard time lining up the smaller gear(i believe to the starter)i could not line up the dowel in the proper location so i grabed a 14mm socket and slowly turned the big gear counter clockwise to roll the small gear into position. did i do something wrong cause when i fired up the bike it backfired(it never does that) but i ran it for a few min and seemed fine until the battery ran down(the battery was not fully charged and i know at idle it won't charge until after 3000rpm). i didn't take it for a ride i just let it idle just to make sure i didn't mess anything up. i also noticed that the new stator wires were quite warm after it ran is that normal i assume it is after seeing the stock one fried.

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MINT 93 cbr 900rr w/21k PIPED AND JETTED(SWEET!)

The wires will always be warm, one fix is to find a way to get more air to your regulator. Honda uses rare earth magnets in their stators, so, they produce some really good voltage, unfortunately, they don't put big enough heat sinks on their regulators. (mho) I've got a 929, and had the same issues, its common among honda's, and to a lesser degree other makers as well. try to get more air to the regulator, keeping that cool will help the whole system. It is the weak point.

The backfire is weird, but, evidently, not injurious, you'd have know right away if it had been..I would think.

This is where Wes will chastise me for thinking its the regulator again

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2000 CBR929RR- Cams, Micron cf pipe and headers, Power commander 3 (custom mapped), heads, decked, ported, polished, zero gravity shield, Frame sliders, polished frame and swingarm, remote controlled red neons, Stainless Braided front and rear brake lines. RK 520 race chain and -1/0 Vortex sprockets, bitch pegs and rear seat removed, OEM rear seat cowl, Pirelli Diablo Rubber.