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From: The Older Gentleman on 26 May 2010 14:54 S'mee <stevenkeith2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > I'll give you a pair of hints 1) DR 2) the third year is was bumped to > a 400cc model. Well, there was the Yamaha DT360 and also the Suzuki SP370 four-stroke: both were six-volt and went to 400cc eventually. > > I wouldn't worry much, eventually it'll be sorted. I may work on > motorcycles at the pace of errosion...but it does get done. Just forget using a sealed beam and cobble together an ordinary 6v bulb in a holder, bunged into an ordinary headlight. <Thinks> Didn't early VW Beetles have 6v systems? Might be worth checking out a VW Beetle spares specialist. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Beav on 26 May 2010 15:49 "S'mee" <stevenkeith2(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:e0cbbd8d-f4e4-4b40-80e3-009c5933f50a(a)h20g2000prn.googlegroups.com... > On May 26, 7:24 am, "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> Looks like the reg/rec, but I can't understand why the battery >> should run down if the thing is *over* charging. Anyway, it's under >> warranty. > > I'm sure you are correct and though I am not an electrical engineer, > much less an expert...stuff happens with electircal systems. > >> And next week my Duke will be back on the road with a newly restored >> fuel tank. Rotten bottom section chopped out, new metal welded in, >> refinished, repainted, and ready to go. Bad news is the bill of over >> �500, but there you go. > > Oh that's all? I priced having a dent at a compound curve at the tail > of a T-500 fuel tank and a minor one on teh side removed with a nice > paint job...$700-900USD and that's if I the the prep work for them.... For a classic bike, I'd charge something like that too. Not quite so much for a more mainstream tank, but not a lot less either. -- Beav >
From: S'mee on 26 May 2010 22:23 On May 26, 12:54 pm, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > S'mee <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > I'll give you a pair of hints 1) DR 2) the third year is was bumped to > > a 400cc model. > > Well, there was the Yamaha DT360 and also the Suzuki SP370 four-stroke: > both were six-volt and went to 400cc eventually. Half right...it isn't a yamaha and it isn't the SP. 8^) But the parts from the SP will work. > > I wouldn't worry much, eventually it'll be sorted. I may work on > > motorcycles at the pace of errosion...but it does get done. > > Just forget using a sealed beam and cobble together an ordinary 6v bulb > in a holder, bunged into an ordinary headlight. wont work...I thought of it BUT couldn't think of a way to do that and have a usable light. Thing is I acutally ride at night, not just the daytime. 8^) For the simple reason that I fear no deer. > <Thinks> > > Didn't early VW Beetles have 6v systems? Might be worth checking out a > VW Beetle spares specialist. too big iirc
From: S'mee on 26 May 2010 22:25 On May 26, 1:49 pm, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:e0cbbd8d-f4e4-4b40-80e3-009c5933f50a(a)h20g2000prn.googlegroups.com... > > > > > > > On May 26, 7:24 am, "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > >> Looks like the reg/rec, but I can't understand why the battery > >> should run down if the thing is *over* charging. Anyway, it's under > >> warranty. > > > I'm sure you are correct and though I am not an electrical engineer, > > much less an expert...stuff happens with electircal systems. > > >> And next week my Duke will be back on the road with a newly restored > >> fuel tank. Rotten bottom section chopped out, new metal welded in, > >> refinished, repainted, and ready to go. Bad news is the bill of over > >> £500, but there you go. > > > Oh that's all? I priced having a dent at a compound curve at the tail > > of a T-500 fuel tank and a minor one on teh side removed with a nice > > paint job...$700-900USD and that's if I the the prep work for them.... > > For a classic bike, I'd charge something like that too. Not quite so much > for a more mainstream tank, but not a lot less either. > Classic YES...but body shops charge quiet a bit of dosh for actually FIXING things instead of just replacing them. Even in a third world country like the USofA. ;^) Only reason to remove the dents is it is inherently sound.
From: Rob Kleinschmidt on 27 May 2010 01:29
On May 26, 7:33 am, Bob Myers <nospample...(a)address.invalid> wrote: > You've got that right, and I say that with some teeny bit of authority > since I ARE an electrical engineer....;-) > > Looks like this problem has already been correctly run down to the > rec/reg, and fixed, but I just wanted to add that the charging *voltage* > is not a complete indicator of the state of the charging system. What's > required is that the charging system be delivering sufficient charge > CURRENT (amps) to the battery (sufficient, but not more than a certain > amount) and at the correct voltage. A high charge voltage by itself > does not indicate anything about the charge current that you can > absolutely rely on. Maybe I'm missing something here. Amps taper off as the voltage increases, but if you're measuring voltage at the battery and the battery's OK, I don't see how you're not delivering sufficient amps. The only situation I can think of which matches this would be a battery with one bad cell accepting a surface charge and then dropping back to it's 5 cell voltage when the charging stopped. Maybe if voltage were measured some place other than the battery terminals and there was a high resistance somewhere in the charging circuit ? Genuinely interested. |