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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2415 on: 16.08. 2022 10:22 »
I am asking nicely, please tell me what DAMHIK stands for.

Otherwise I will have to use my incredibly warped imagination to try and understand what the phrase "I still get an hour riding DAMHIK" means.

And post my conclusions... *eek*
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If the belt breaks and I don't have any charge going to the battery I can still ride for an hour. Dont ask me how I know. Done it a few times.
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2416 on: 16.08. 2022 10:25 »

If the belt breaks and I don't have any charge going to the battery I can still ride for an hour. Dont ask me how I know. Done it a few times.
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2417 on: 16.08. 2022 11:46 »
G'day Fellas.
Just dropped this one into the rubber case https://tinyurl.com/2p9h5cez
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2418 on: 16.08. 2022 11:54 »
That batt.. (ooh see what I did there?) It's REALLY expensive for what you've got.
I just bought one -no not 6AH but more than twice the capacity, for not very much more dosh.
12AH Glass matte tech... about A$120

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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2419 on: 16.08. 2022 12:04 »
G'day Jools.
Yes I know it was pricey but I wanted one today and Supercreap is close by. Otherwise it's at least a 120km trip to a decent shop.
The Motobatt I have in the HD was only $150.
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2420 on: 16.08. 2022 12:15 »
I know EXACTLY the problem mate, I'm in the same boat, - regional, and a lot of the time Supercreep do it.
I ordered my battery online - Aussie distributor, pretty good value... I'm hoping 12AH will be strong enough to spin over S McF's electric leg.
I just sold a beautiful LP DC guitar which gets me about 3/4 the way to paying the cost of Steve's E/S.


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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2421 on: 16.08. 2022 12:47 »
Wot's 'Supercreep', S McF, and a LP DC guitar.  Also, those batteries seem pricey, wot's the rough cost in shillings?? *smile*
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2422 on: 16.08. 2022 12:49 »
For starting, it's not the Ah that's important, but the CCA. You need around 200.
Last night I was drawing up the 5th revision of the gear layout for my latest starter. Think it's about there now. Have some of the gears - just waiting for some more to arrive before I start assembling and then fabricating the gearbox they'll go in.

Add - for WL, S McF is the guy who makes the starters for S/A A10's. LP refers, presumably, to Les Paul - one of the better makes of guitar.
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2423 on: 16.08. 2022 13:22 »
wortluck, Wot's 'shillings"?

(Supercreep... 'Supercheap Autos'... a cheap Aussie Auto shop chain). RD's got the rest.
I've paid A$120 for a good 12AH glass matte Battery = divide it by 2 to get approx quids.

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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2424 on: 17.08. 2022 00:14 »
Hi All
PC 680's are the only battery that will spin the Vincent electric leg, used also on big BMW's and HD's

The Battery Steve recommends for his BSA starters is a SVR15L ,  which is 15AH (?)
I think the one he sent me is a WCP15L Westco  (220 cca)
I wouldn't go with anything smaller than this

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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2425 on: 17.08. 2022 13:46 »
Went on a small trip with my 1962 GF to the Lucas Rally in southern Norway (55 km north of Kristiansand) Did some 900 km in total during the weekend. Lots of old bikes off all kinds, beer, music and camping.... what not to like...?
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2426 on: 17.08. 2022 14:23 »
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2427 on: 17.08. 2022 18:40 »
G'day Fellas.
I squeezed the new battery into the rubber "box" and fitted.
Still plying with the new 932 concentric. Lifted the needle to richest setting ad she sounds a lot happier.
Looks like a good day 3-15C so will ride to work the long way to test the main jet.
The new carb seems to be harder to get on and off and the lid is impossible to remove the slide whilst mounted. The old carb (932) was a snack.
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2428 on: 17.08. 2022 20:11 »
Had a blat round a field on this BSA Victor MX in preparation for Sunday's event. Confirmation that I should know better at my age!
I know you've done this before. How was it?
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2429 on: 21.08. 2022 17:45 »
Can't finish off the extra-plates-in-clutch experiment with the GF because I'm waiting for nyloc nuts to arrive. Can't progress the M21V2 starter build for similar reason, so spent this afternoon wrestling with the Firestorm.
Last time out (my son riding) it lost a cylinder. Was back on both when arrived back at the workshop, so I took the tank off to have a look-see. Normal plug socket wouldn't fit, so had to order an 18mm long / thin socket to check the rear plug - it's about 6" down a small hole. That seemed OK so took the air cleaner off to get to the carbs. That's a nightmare in itself, you just can't get to the breather pipes underneath. Next started on the carbs - they're 2" Stromberg-type units with diaphragms. Another nightmare - the diaphragm springs are 1/2" OD and a foot long. Try getting that back in place. They're uncontrollable.
Checked the rear diaphragm and it seemed OK. Thought about replacing both, until I discovered they are non-detachable from the plastic slide. Now those diaphragm/slide combinations would cost under a pound to make (the plastic slide is quite crude). Well, apparently they are no longer available but, when they were, cost £206 each. No, that's not a typo.
And so this afternoon I re-fitted the rear diaphragm (can't get to the front one without taking the whole carburettor assembly off so not going there) and wrestled for a couple of hours getting the air filter base back on. Under the air filter itself there's a couple of tiny foam filters for the breathers - will need to find something for that as they've crumbled to dust. That'll be another day - had enough today of struggling with this beast. The bike is 20yrs old, but it's like a modern car insomuch as getting to anything verges on impossible.
 
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