Electric start Morinis - worth keeping E/S?
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From: The Older Gentleman on 29 Aug 2008 17:38 Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly4REMOVE(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote: > XS650 Oh, God, yes. Dreadful, they were. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Yamaha XT600E Honda CB400F chateau dot murray at idnet dot com "What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time and hassle for no tangible benefit."
From: Mark Olson on 29 Aug 2008 17:53 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Tim <tim(a)nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> Anyone who makes 12v by fitting two 6v batteries has me worried. > > LOL. > > Really? If it was good enough for my MGB, why not? Went over a bump one day and one of the two batteries was dragging on the tarmac, hanging from its cables. The steel support straps had rusted through. At that time I determined that putting a single 12V battery in the trunk was probably the best option since a new 6V battery without a hole in the corner cost more than a 12V one... -- '07 FJ13AW '99 EX250-F13 OMF #7
From: Tim on 29 Aug 2008 18:06 In message <1imghj2.92t6aeuajjf9N%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk>, The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> writes >Tim <tim(a)nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> Anyone who makes 12v by fitting two 6v batteries has me worried. > >LOL. > >Really? > > Indeed. The one in this picture is not 100%, the indicators should be in the bar ends handy for when you bin it. But it is otherwise a reasonable picture. http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Bike%20Directories/Norton%20Bikes/images/Nor ton-Electra.jpg As can be seen in this period advert. http://www.prestoimages.net/store/graphics02/2006_pd983701_1.JPG Can't find a picture of the battery layout, but it was one under the seat and the second behind the left side panel. -- Tim http://www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk/
From: sweller on 30 Aug 2008 03:05 TOG(a)Toil wrote: > > From all reports I've seen, the electric starters are a waste of time. > > Is this true? > > <Considers old late unlamented Morini 500> > > The worst-designed and most incapable electric start system ever > fitted to a motorcycle, with the possible exception of the one they > put on the last-gasp Norton Commando Suzuki GT185 "Dynastart" -- Simon
From: The Older Gentleman on 30 Aug 2008 03:22
sweller <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > TOG(a)Toil wrote: > > > > From all reports I've seen, the electric starters are a waste of time. > > > Is this true? > > > > <Considers old late unlamented Morini 500> > > > > The worst-designed and most incapable electric start system ever > > fitted to a motorcycle, with the possible exception of the one they > > put on the last-gasp Norton Commando > > Suzuki GT185 "Dynastart" Ah yes: the DoesNoStart. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Yamaha XT600E Honda CB400F chateau dot murray at idnet dot com "What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time and hassle for no tangible benefit." |