The Blog
News, how-tos, new parts, and tech talk from the shop in Hampstead, NH.
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Lithium-Ion Friendly Rec-Reg NOW in stock!!!!
Get your lith-ion friendly reg/reg NOW! We have these in stock & ready to ship out so make sure you get yours before the first batch sells out. We worked closely with Ballistic Performance Products to fill a void in the market: a rec/reg that will work WITH lith-ion batteries without blowing them up. Rick…
Barber Vintage Festival – let’s go!
I’m going back down to Barber again this year & I couldn’t be more excited!! This 3 day festival in Birmingham, AL is everything I love about motorcycles! Here are my top 10 reasons (in no particular order) to visit the Barber Vintage Festival – feel free to add anything that I may have missed! …
Custom Rebuilding
Here at Rick’s Motorsport Electrics, we do a lot of custom rebuilding. All those hard to find stators or starter motors from obscure models… we can probably help you! We love keeping old motorcycles & dirt bikes on the road and trails so we’re happy to do custom rebuilds on the charging systems. Now is…
Future Project: lithium ion battery friendly rec/reg!!!!
We are so excited to finally give you guys a sneak peak on a project we’ve had in the works with Ballistic Performance Components for a looooong time! Everyone has been asking for a rectifier regulator that will work with lithium ion batteries that won’t blow them up – we hear you & we’re making…
Over 1 Million Miles!
We checked in with Pro Motorsports owner Al Zahrt at the Parts Unlimited NVP show last weekend and he’s now surpassed the Million Mile mark on his 1975 Honda GL1000. Yes – he’s ridden over a million miles in the course of 41 years on the SAME BIKE!!! Al bought the Gold Wing when he…
Package heading to Wheels Through Time!
When we had to sell my mom & dad’s house last year we packed up all of the old parts, nuts & bolts, and other remnants of my very first “repair shop” set up. I just had a chance to go through some of those old boxes last weekend and came upon an awesome find:…
Custom Asian Orange Build
Check out the latest vintage custom bike to get the Rick’s Motorsport Electrics treatment! This bike is owned by Russ Larabee with work done by Godffrey’s Garage in Burlington, WI. The bike started off as a 1978 CB750K and grew into this beauty! It has a Rick’s rectifier/regulator combo, rebuild stator, & rebuilt field coil.…
Melted OKI CDI Boxes
Anyone that has one of the classic Honda CBX motorcycles knows that the CDI box is prone to melting. But why? The original equipment podding was subject to heat and environmental issues like melting & oozing. Repeated issues end up exposing the electrical components to the weather and cause the CDI boxes to fail. The…
Vintage Restoration Down Under
Rick’s Motorsport Electrics ships products all over the world! We’ve been working with James from New South Wales, Australia who’s restoring his CB750K3. James needed an upgraded regulator/rectifier and came to us for help! Not only did he want upgraded electronics, but he also wanted to save space by getting rid of the the two…