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News, how-tos, new parts, and tech talk from the shop in Hampstead, NH.
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Electrical Motorcycle Parts – Why should you buy from Ricks?
Rick’s Motorsport Electrics, Inc. has been an industry leader for over 40 years. What began as a small motorcycle salvage business in the late 1970’s has grown to a well recognized, highly reputed brand name in the Motorsport world. Rick’s Motorsport Electrics offers a full line of charging and starting systems and electrical ignition components…
Where can I get a Universal CDI box?
Recently, we had a couple of inquiries regarding Universal CDI boxes and if we make them. There’s a lot that goes into this answer so we thought it would be best to let our Technical Support Manager, Sean, (aka our resident smart guy) answer some questions for us! Us: Why would someone be looking for…
Special Promotion on Brand New Aftermarket Starter Motor for Kawasaki KZ400B/H & KZ440 Street Bike with OE# 21063-1011
Winter is definitely the best time to focus on your vintage motorcycle restoration projects! Rick’s Motorsport Electrics offers a brand new Aftermarket Starter Motor for your Kawasaki KZ400B/H & KZ440 Street Bike with OE# 21063-1011. Rick’s part #61-220 is a direct replacement, permanent magnet design. In the past, the magnets in the Kawasaki motors often…
HOT SHOT HAYABUSA STATOR & REC/REG
RICK’S MOTORSPORT ELECTRICS HOT SHOT AFTERMARKET HAYABUSA STATOR & REG/REG Rick’s Motorsport Electrics introduces a high output stator for the Suzuki Hayabusa. The stator is a rebuilt unit from Ricks, which requires that you send your old stator in to be rebuilt. The rebuilt Hayabusa stator has been field tested to deliver 25% more wattage…
AFTERMARKET HARLEY DAVIDSON® REGULATOR RECTIFIER – MADE IN USA!
4.8 of 5 (26 customer reviews) Description Introducing the Rick’s Motorsport Electrics Made In USA line of regulator rectifiers for Harley Davidson® motorcycles. This aftermarket Harley Davidson® Regulator Rectifier has been built to OEM specs in the good ole USA! It’s a perfect solution for replacing your bike’s OEM regulator rectifier. Save money over the cost of the OEM Harley Davidson® part and…
December Restoration Special!
December Restoration Part Special!!! We’re featuring the classic Honda CB3350/360 charging system parts. Get 10% any of the parts listed below from now till 12/21/18. *Remember if you’re upgrading your rotor & you DON’T already have our regulator: you MUST order that as well since the OE regulator cannot handle the additional power! Rectifier-Regulator…
Winter Season = Restoration Projects!
Most people don’t have the luxury of riding their motorcycles year-round, especially if you live in New England! Now is the time to get to all those projects you’ve been putting off. You’ll still get to spend time with your machine, but you won’t need to get frostbite. Our friends at Motorcycle Classics Magazine have…
Hot Shot Vintage Honda Rotor for CB350/360!
If you’re doing restoration on an older Honda CB3350, CL350, CL360 or CJ360, then you NEED THIS ROTOR!!!! You’re already aware of the woefully inadequate charging system on those bikes. Rick’s Motorsport Electrics has finally found a complete solution to this problem!! We now manufactures a New Hot Shot Series Rotor for your Vintage Honda…
New 70 Amp RZR Regulator from Rick’s!!!
If you want the BIGGEST BADDEST regulator out there for your Polaris RZR, you’ve come to the right place!!! Get it HERE! This is a Rick’s Motorsport Electrics Hot Shot Series *NEWLY UPGRADED* Aftermarket Rectifier-Regulator. It is designed with cooling Mosfet technology, 70 AMP circuitry and an inline 50 amp water-resistant fuse. *This is a…
Do’s & Don’ts of Vintage Charging Systems: Part 2
So this is 2nd part of our summary on Rick’s presentation in Motorcycles Classics booth at Barber Vintage Festival. We’re going to get into more details in this post, some common issues we see with these vintage bikes, and some solutions to help you guys out! **Voltage Drop** This is one of the most common…
Rick talks to Chaparrel Motorsports!
We saw Kyle from Chaparrel Motorsports at the Parts Unlimited NVP Show in August and he sat down with Rick & Amanda to get a better understand of what we do here at Rick’s. Check out the video below!
Do’s & Don’ts of Vintage Charging Systems: Part 1
We just came back from the annual Barber Vintage Festival in Birmingham, AL and Rick did a couple seminars on vintage charging systems. For those of you not able to attend, we wanted to publish a couple posts to sum up what he had to say: Let’s start off with the basic terms that we…