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From: The Older Gentleman on 27 May 2010 16:22 J. Clarke <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote: > I remember a Burroughs technician 40 or so years back telling me that > one thing that working on computers had done for him was teach him > respect for the perversity of inanimate objects. I understand *precisely* what he means. This is the remnants of a dead Honda 400 Four I'm currently selling. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260607627364 I draw your attention to the fifth paragraph. -- 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: mayner on 27 May 2010 18:20 On Wed, 26 May 2010 19:54:09 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: >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. Went to 12v in the early to mid ( before '65), 60's, I believe.
From: ? on 27 May 2010 20:50 On May 27, 9:55 am, "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 27 May, 16:47, "?" <breoganmacbr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Possibly. Got any links to documentation on the web? > > > Can't be bothered? I thought not. > > http://www.bikersoracle.com/vfr/forum/printthread.php?t=73289 (snip!) Bwahahahaha! While you were frantically looking up links to sites that I won't bother to read, I took a 200 mile ride through the Sierra Nevada foothills...
From: ? on 27 May 2010 20:54 On May 27, 8:56 am, Bob Myers <nospample...(a)address.invalid> wrote: > And for some reason, you think that's a rare occurrence? I have to > assume that you're used to dealing with 1920s technology at the latest - > you know, back in the days when contact-to-contact spacings were > typically measured in inches? I've worked on power transmission circuits up to 800KV and have made arcs a yard long while operating disconnects. I've been inside one of the generators at Boulder Dam and have been all over the power house, governor gallery and the switchyards. Does that sound like I know anything about electrickery?
From: TOG on 28 May 2010 07:09
On 27 May, 18:32, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On May 27, 10:57 am, "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> > wrote: > > > > > > > On 27 May, 16:48, Bob Myers <nospample...(a)address.invalid> wrote: > > > > On 5/27/2010 9:13 AM, ? wrote: > > > > > On May 27, 1:34 am, "Feeling Gecko-ish"" > > > > <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > >> But my limited > > > >> experience with bike electrics is that they either fail because of > > > >> corrosion in the connections (not an issue here) or simply because > > > >> they just feel like it. > > > > > How pathetic. Solid state electronics have no emotions. > > > > Further evidence that you have never in your life actually dealt > > > with anything electronic. Any engineer or technician worth their salt > > > knows from long and painful experience that sometimes the parts > > > just have it in for you. > > > Especially if they're emotional (read: Italian) > > Doesn't Lucs now do this sort of thing? I mean solid state...hopefully > they've stopped doing that ridiculus habit of pos grounding.- Hide quoted text - > No, they leave that to Indian airliners now. |