If you want headlights on your 50, besides the obvious pars list e.g. headlight, regulator, yada yada yada, you need a way to create electricity. You can of course buy a pre-wound stator for around $75 or you can diy for a fraction of the cost.
Now before you pop off the stator cover and flywheel, you will need to buy some magnet wire. I got mine on ebay from magnet*wire*usa. And, from what I have read online, 18awg and 65 turns seem to be the magic numbers, so that’s what I used. It cost a little over $20 for 200 feet which I hear is enough to wrap 2 stators.
Okay now that you have acquired your spool of magnet wire, let’s get down to business. Start by scraping off the enamel coating as shown in the pic below.
Then solder that end of the magnet wire, which I like to call the “start wire” to the post pictured below and wrap 65 turns clockwise.
Here is the first tooth complete. Now move on to the 2nd tooth and wrap 65 turns counterclockwise.
Here is the second tooth complete. Now move on to the 3rd tooth and wrap 65 turns clockwise.
Here is the third tooth complete. Now move on to the last tooth and wrap 65 turns counterclockwise.
Here is the fourth and final tooth complete and soldered to the last unused post. The last step is to route the yellow wire through the existing sleeve and solder it to the post shown below. This will be your light source wire. Put a connector on the other end and you’re done! You can buy OEM connectors from vintageconnections.com.
Now assuming you have a wiring harness already wired for lights, hook up the yellow wire from the stator to the yellow from the harness and test it out. If your harness has 2 yellow wires, you can split the single yellow wire from the stator into both yellow wires from your harness. Once you know that it all works, remove it and apply some epoxy to the magnet wires to keep them from moving and chaffing.
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages resulting from this how-to, mod at your own risk.
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