Just went out to the shop & re-tested for sake of all involved.
(& the fact that I was doubting my own information)
Battery is fully charged 12.65V face charge. (just off my maintainer yesterday)
It is at 12.5 with the lanyard key on.
Started it up & it rose to 14.35V at idle. I raised RPMS & the voltage dropped to about 13.8V
but it never got any lower, or higher varying the RPM's. Seemed pretty stable at that reading.
Ran great, no lights or beeps.
So, I then unplugged the output from the R/R. Restarted & had 12.35 at idle. The maintenance light came on within 5-10 seconds of idling.
didn't display low battery, just showed "MAINT" & put the light on.
Plugged it back in & back to normal.
On a side note:
I didn't use an oem R/R as a replacement in this ski. After reading the high failure rates with them, I installed one I had from a GSXR750. It used the same 3 winding configuration, & it bolted right in too. Just had to swap harness's. I believe it has a higher Amperage & does have a larger heat sync area. Hoping it will be tougher & last a long time, but then again, it could fail the first time out.... lol. we shall see.