Handle bar engine kill switch or ignition key switch to stop bike?
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From: CT on 21 Oct 2009 09:03 Ace wrote: > Why do you just refer to it just as a 'T4'? I mean, I guessed it must > be a Tiger, but I can't be the only person who hasn't the foggiest > idea what model a T4 is. I feel the same when people refer to BMWs as an E-number. -- Chris
From: Beav on 21 Oct 2009 09:54 "YTC#1" <bdp(a)ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote in message news:iFlDm.34496$7l.22455(a)newsfe13.ams2... > Beav wrote: >> "YTC#1" <bdp(a)ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:_q0Dm.6839$nj3.513(a)newsfe25.ams2... >>> gummymonkey(a)madeup.com wrote: >>>> Do you use the handle bar engine kill switch or ignition key switch to >>>> stop your bike? >>> Only when I crash it. >>> >>> I always feel that ignition keys are good enough for cars, and therefore >>> are good enough for my bike. >>> >>> I always thought the main use for it was when you wanted to make a lot >>> of noise in a tunnel. >> >> And that doesn't work on most new bikes now. The fuel is cut off by the >> kill switch along with the spark so there's no build up of unburnt juice >> collecting in the pipes/cans. > > Which is fair, as its not big and its not clever :-) Not loud either:-) -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
From: Beav on 21 Oct 2009 09:57 "Hog" <hogSPAM(a)freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote in message news:hbkf4o$8f9$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Ace wrote: >> On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:38:20 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot" >> <eastREMOVEkent(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> gummymonkey(a)madeup.com wrote: >>>> >>>> Has anyone any suggestion why my 05 Bonneville has this appetite for >>>> ignition coils. Indecently its also on the 3rd crankshaft pick up, >>>> this one is a rewind done by west country windings out of better >>>> insulated wire, so seems to be lasting a bit longer. >>>> This started just out of warrantee 4.500 miles. >>>> Using the Gill stuff is like feeding strawberries to a donkey! >>> >>> Bad earth(s), alternator overcharging/dodgy voltage regulator, >>> leaking HT leads/plug caps, plug gaps too big (unlikely but I'm out >>> of ideas now). >> >> Not sure of the Bonnie's the same, but the triples are all built with >> the coil directly on top of the plug, so no HT leads or suppressor >> caps at all. > > IME plug top coils are feckin unreliable beasts, including on certain > upmarket cages And on low end of the market shitters too. Coil packs are probably the single worst idea anyone ever came up with. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
From: Tim on 22 Oct 2009 12:09 In message <hbolcd$58h$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Krusty <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> writes >Tim wrote: > >> In message <hbkfi1$c5r$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Krusty >> <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> writes >> > >> > It's not the same as the T4s, which were 885 carb engines. Might be >> > the same as the Bonneville but I know nowt about them. >> > >> What Tn were the 885-FI ones? > >T7, same as the 955i. > Thanks. -- Tim
From: Pip Luscher on 23 Oct 2009 15:15
On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:50:01 +0000 (UTC), Francis <francis(a)vcmadb.org> wrote: >porkchops Heh, wonderful and highly descriptive. >On some of them [snip loads of useful stuff] Thanks for all that. I still need to check for the mods but it's one of the later 2001 one by the look of it, with the lower bracing bars. There seem to be a lot of French sites for these: in fact the first wiring diagram I found online was French. Were they particularly popular over there? >Mine: http://www.bete-des-vosges.org/Visible/V11s-2.0/V11S_2.0_01.jpg Smart. What's the exhaust? -- -Pip |