Taking a SEM second look...

FYI, I visited KRW sport cycles in Phillipsburg, Ohio today, a former Husaberg dealer, current KTM dealer. I talked to the owner Kirk about many things and found out he used to be a professional "wrench" for a Husaberg racing team. He had come up with a lot of tricks during that time to deal with the issues associated with the bikes of the 90's. The one I found most interesting was the venting of the ignition cover to keep the stator cooler. I have already performed this modification on my bike which I found out my bike was called "The Colorado 500". He told me the bike is rare and has different suspension settings and adjusters that differ from the regular 95 FE600E. He said there were other differences that he couldn't recall at that time. He went on to tell me that he had reason to believe that the SEM failure were due to 2 different problems, Heat and a bad grounding of the stator to the engine case as a result of the winding varnish under the screw heads. His fix was to scrape off the varnish under the screws and use a dielectric grease to prevent corrosion and then to vent the cover. This was done by drilling 2 holes at about 10 O'clock and 2 O'clock and run the later mentioned to a independant filter next to the side-frame-filter by way of elbows and rubber tubing and then to attach the other to the frame box or to atmosphere. He used a temperature strip to check temperatures before and after. He noted a 40 deg.F difference. I know that I found pictures of this mod on the web but dont remember if it was here or there. If anyone knows, please advise. Hey said SEM failure was majorly reduced.
On another subject...he has a 2005 KTM 525 supermotard with second set of off-road wheels/tires and fender. Bike has one race on it and was for sale for $4999.00. I know it's not a Burg, but my mouth was watering anyhow.

Hope this helps someone,

Volvonut