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Post by somebody on May 31, 2010 22:17:29 GMT -6
When I got home around 4pm, I stuck it on the charger. Just checked it at 11pm and it was reading 12.97 volts.
I hope to get my Avons mounted this week and will see what happens with the rest of this. If I can get this worked out, June 13, I'll be headed our on a 160 mile 1 way trip, be there for a week then home. I'm going to help build a straw bale house. Who'd a thunk?
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Post by somebody on May 31, 2010 13:04:44 GMT -6
The ground is good - frame still shiny where I scraped all the paint off. Bolt to ground was very tight. The battery (2 months old) reads 12.38 when it's cold. Idle = 12.25 volts, 3,000 rpm = 12.48, 5k= 12.58. I'm kinda under krunch since I want to ride about 350 miles in a couple of weeks. I've gone on and ordered a new rectifier to see if that's it. If it's not, I have a spare on hand . I've also ordered Kidandmes' high performance CDI/Coil assembly. It's a little steep, but sounds like it does a nice job. I'm also running the NKG iridium spark plug - I think I forgot to mention that. Also, even though it's missing, it will still accelerate to 60+ albeit a little slowly. P.S. Just took her out for a spin on a 93 degree day. Got on a highway - no problem held 70 + for a good 10 minutes, varied speed no problem. Stopped to get a soda - start back up and around 40, it started sputtering, let off the gas, then opened it up and it sputtered. Sputtered it up to 70 and it seemed to hold rather well. Hit town and it lightly sputtered at lower speeds as well. Other observations.... 70mph = 11.95volts (about 40mph=12.5v - rectifier problem? I'm going to pull the other "extras" which I've added as see if that does anything.
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Post by somebody on May 30, 2010 20:36:26 GMT -6
My scoot starts "skipping" firing (sputtering) starting around 45. So far, checked connections, spark plug looks good, it only puts out 12.8 volts at 5k-rpm. The breather tube on the valve cover was off - reattached. Valves adjusted when this started happening. Gas filter changed.
I'm wanting to do a 300m ride in a couple of weeks and want to be in good shape.
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Post by somebody on May 13, 2010 22:36:31 GMT -6
It's the bi-xenon. When you go to hi beam the bulb actually moves and opens a slot for the hi beam to shine through. Same bulb both low and high beam.
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Post by somebody on May 13, 2010 8:45:42 GMT -6
I was a little hesitant to ride in the country at night with the OEM headlights. I could hardly see the road, much less the critters of the night. This wound up being the best upgrade I've made so far. Here are un-touched pictures of my old lights: Low Beam - and High beam - It all started with a whole bunch of bit and pieces from the vendor (no longer at e-bay, but there are similar HID still there - I paid around 60.00 to receive them from China. Had to get the nose off and remove the old light bulbs. I was amazed that the new bulbs fit right in. Just make sure you get the H4 type bulb. You'll find that you have a relay with 3 wires terminating in a plug like =| This will need to be cut off and spliced into one of your head light leads. This is where the relay will determine if your light are on high or low. (1)- the ballast and (2) - is the relay box . (i found a convenient place to wire tie it down) (1)- the final resting place of the included headlight relay, which connects to the power (runs directly to the battery) on the relay (2) for the Stebel Nautilus air horn. (can we say loud!). Now for the real rat's nest. 'splain' this mess will take a while. (1) are the wires I cut from the =| plug from the headlight relay. (2) is the wires to the turn signal. (3) and (4) and (5) go to the old headlight wires. (6) and (7) I'm not sure why I put them in, and (8) is the bundle of wires that come with it. This bundle is because the kit is for a kar and it's a long way between the kars' headlights. Final result! Fantastic! Low Beam and the High Beam . Since I put the switch in line with the right head light, and the single bulb was 10X brighter than both of the old ones, I pulled the nose once again but left the lights hooked up. I now had easy access to the adjusting screws. I adjusted the low beam where it was wider to the right and a little higher than the other bulb. Gave me a whole lot more coverage than it had before. I would only bother someone to the right of me. The high beam was adjusted to shine waaaaaaay down the road. I do believe that I am illuminating things 1/4 mile away. Now I keep the right light off for traffic, and when I get out where the critters are, the night has been turned into day. If you want your own little piece of the sun, go for it. If somebody can do it, anybody can.
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Post by somebody on May 8, 2010 1:05:33 GMT -6
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Post by somebody on May 5, 2010 22:51:21 GMT -6
I wanna do that!
Great job.
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