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I have a couple of bikes I'm checking, one with a problem and one without. I am going to do some more testing tomorrow and see what I can figure out. I'll post my findings when done. As to busjockey's previous question it has 18 poles and the stator is mounted in a cover at the end of the crank. The magnetic rotor is attached directly to the crankshaft. See pics. You can see where the stator from the 300 Kawasaki capture has one phase with a wire somewhat burnt. Motorcycle 3 phase stators in general put out aprox 15 to 100 volts AC unloaded from idle to redline. They are all "wye type" floating ground.  The majority use a full bridge rectifier in the same box as the regulator. Most regulators as Larry expanded on are shunt type meaning all excess voltage goes to ground. They are current limited by their design.

12 I believe  but it is hard to tell because it's all encapsulated