rockbottom
Steve
Are you absolutely sure your stator went out ? Mine lasted 224,500 miles and I haven't heard of one going out on an RT with that low of miles. I think some GS's had them go bad at lower miles but as far as I know the RT stators lasted longer. And when I searched for a used one to rebuild there were always GS stators but it took 6 weeks to find the one I needed
I've been a customer of this dealer for fourteen years and bought three bikes from his so I don't have any reason to think he'd give me an incorrect diagnosis. And the post that started this thread had the same issue.