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From: Toosmoky on 6 Feb 2007 03:37 Knobdoodle wrote: > Yeah it offends me also but just like points ignition it's a thing of the > past now. > We've traded "runs forever with just a regular adjustment/replacement" for > "runs faultlessly for 3000 hours then fails irretrievably"... If I ever buy another Evo-powered H-D the electronic ignition will be the first thing to go in the bin, to be replaced immediately with a points setup. (As it was on the old Softy.) Pity there's no points setups for the twin-cams, as far as I know. Points used to cost me $8 and a few minutes once a year to replace (whether they needed it or not). Idled better, ran smoother. -- Toosmoky Work to ride, Ride to Work... http://toosmoky.d2.net.au
From: Knobdoodle on 6 Feb 2007 04:11 "Toosmoky" <toosmoky(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45c83e8d$0$491$61c65585(a)uq-127creek-reader-03.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au... > Knobdoodle wrote: > >> Yeah it offends me also but just like points ignition it's a thing of the >> past now. >> We've traded "runs forever with just a regular adjustment/replacement" >> for "runs faultlessly for 3000 hours then fails irretrievably"... > > If I ever buy another Evo-powered H-D the electronic ignition will be the > first thing to go in the bin, to be replaced immediately with a points > setup. (As it was on the old Softy.) > > Pity there's no points setups for the twin-cams, as far as I know. > > Points used to cost me $8 and a few minutes once a year to replace > (whether they needed it or not). > > Idled better, ran smoother. > I can't say that my points bikes ran better than CDI equivalents ('specially the two-smokes!) but I've never looked at a points system and said "I can't get this home". -- Clem
From: Knobdoodle on 6 Feb 2007 04:14 "Iain Chalmers" <bigiain(a)mightymedia.com.au> wrote in message news:bigiain-B2E2DA.19423706022007(a)nasal.pacific.net.au... > In article <O0Xxh.3553$sd2.9(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au>, > "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> OK; I can accept the logic of centrifugal force causing the centre of the >> valve to pull down (towards the outside of the tyre) at high speed and >> letting the tyre deflate. (Sorry Nathan; I didn't understand the equation >> and sorry Theo; I didn't understand the explanation.) > > Whether it's a "real world" effect or not I don't know, but that's the > marketing spin Ducati use to hype up the 90 degree valve stems they use > on the 99* and 74* range... > Yep; but you'd have to have the angle the right way or you'd suffer the same [alleged?] effect under braking or acceleration! -- Clem
From: Knobdoodle on 6 Feb 2007 04:20 "Dale Porter" <daleaporter(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:eq9eqq$dqa$1(a)otis.netspace.net.au... > "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:XFWxh.3542$sd2.564(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >> >> "G-S" <geoff(a)castbus.com.au> wrote in message >> news:12sg9upj9fcbc38(a)corp.supernews.com... >>> Nev.. wrote: >>>> >>>> My alternator keeps my battery at a full charge, which means it must be >>>> providing more charge than I actually use, all the time, which means >>>> that any charge required for accessories like lights and radio is being >>>> produced all the time, regardless of whether or not I'm actually using >>>> them, which means that no more fuel is required. >>>> >>>> How's that for logic? >>>> >>> Going well until the last bit which should read... "which means that >>> fuel use varies partly according to alternator output" :) >>> >> Well yessss... but I think Nev's point was that the alternator output is >> not affected by headlights, accessories, etc,.. so that's not something >> you have any control over. >> -- >> > > However Nev has oversimplified. > > An alternator will only produce the required amount of amps needed to run > the operating electrical systems in the car (charging, lights, stereo, > heater/air-con fan, etc) up to the output capacity of the alternator. As > the amp demand increases, so does the load on the alternator, which in > turn puts an added load on the engine running the alternator. > > So yes the battery will stay charged provided the power demands of the > alternator are not exceeded, but that does not mean there is constant load > on the alternator up to it's production limit. > In a car yes; but I think Nev was talking about the horrible constant-output (dependent on revs) setups that bikes have these days. -- Clem
From: Dale Porter on 6 Feb 2007 04:42
"Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote >> However Nev has oversimplified. >> >> An alternator will only produce the required amount of amps needed to run the operating electrical systems in the car (charging, >> lights, stereo, heater/air-con fan, etc) up to the output capacity of the alternator. As the amp demand increases, so does the >> load on the alternator, which in turn puts an added load on the engine running the alternator. >> >> So yes the battery will stay charged provided the power demands of the alternator are not exceeded, but that does not mean there >> is constant load on the alternator up to it's production limit. >> > In a car yes; but I think Nev was talking about the horrible constant-output (dependent on revs) setups that bikes have these > days. > -- > Do Superbudgies come with radios these days? >Nev.. wrote: > > My alternator keeps my battery at a full charge, which means it must > be providing more charge than I actually use, all the time, which > means that any charge required for accessories like lights and radio > is being produced all the time, regardless of whether or not I'm > actually using them, which means that no more fuel is required. -- Dale Porter GPX250 -> CBR600 -> VTR1000 + VT250F-J |