Recent content by Neil E.

What F5 is describing is leaving the stator grounded with lights on AC. Cheapo rectifier to get DC for specific devices which are not grounded. I've never used a capacitor instead of a battery, but it will work. You are asking about isolating the stator and not having a battery. This should be...

This is a question of how good your wiring skills are. The simplest method is to install a rectifier without changing any stator connections. The rectifier output is ONLY connected to the devices you want to power. These devices will receive DC power and are NOT grounded to the frame. So the...

That frame tab can be used as a ground point if you want. Like F5 says the yellow wire from the stator has to be connected to the lights via your switchgear. The voltage regulator only has one input because it just clips the AC voltage to ~12V. If the regulator has two wires (yellow and black)...

Why would you want a DC ignition system? I much prefer the old way with the CDI being powered by AC from the single stator winding. Very simple and reliable. No battery needed.

The thing is to use as small an extractor as possible. This leaves the maximum strength in the part you are removing. Too large an extractor risks expanding the part you want to remove, wedging it more in place. Sometimes drilling a hole and tapping in an allen key or other bit with straight...

Found something small. The pinned topics at the start of the topic list could be set apart from the regular topics by a heavier lower border or maybe a 15px gap. Saves starting to look at the pinned topics before realizing they are not the regular topics. Kinda like the differentiation between...

Looks really good! My comment on colors for the ADV Rider forum was aimed at the white text on black background. I just find that it is really tiring to read. What you have here with black on grey is very good (and similar to the VB colors). Your comment on the color palette is interesting. When...

Everything looking good so far. Only thing I noticed is the highlight color for the alert dropdown is questionable. Meaning the unread ones get a black highlight that obscures the text. Once they are read, then the hover highlight as you pass over has the same issue. EDIT: Same issue on the...

In reality the only advantage to AC is that the engine has to be running for anything to operate. Thus if your AC lights are always switched on, they only light up when the engine is running. I wouldn't say AC is more efficient on a motorcycle, but it sure is for long distance transmission of...

Keep in mind a meter draws very little current to operate. You might have just enough connection to work the meter, but not enough to light a bulb. This usually means a poor connection or multiple poor connections. It is not unheard of to have a break inside a wire that otherwise looks good...

No, devices connected to the AC output won't run down the battery. Having everything on AC would be best, the only downside is at some point all the lights would be dim. The factory setup that has the loads on AC and the DC only for battery charging is the right way to go.

Grip heaters to AC since there's only so much stator output. If you put them on DC you risk running your battery down. DC lighting will wind up on the battery anyway. It's all the same circuit after the regulator/rectifier. The DC comes from AC on the white wire (max voltage output wire on the...

Sounds like you had excess pressure in the crankcase. I don't know how it could get high enough to push out a crank seal.

Based on those specs you should have no problem with the low beam being handled only by your switch.

I had no problem ordering some parts from Italy. Cost of the parts was OK, but the DHL shipping was spendy. At least it was fast.