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« Reply #1950 on: April 24, 2017, 07:49:29 PM » |
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I was going through some old photos today & came across these of me on one of my old XSs. Mid 80s I think.
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« Reply #1951 on: April 24, 2017, 07:54:08 PM » |
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No instructions! But plenty of stickers to advertise the company.
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« Reply #1952 on: April 24, 2017, 09:13:19 PM » |
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« Reply #1953 on: April 24, 2017, 09:16:57 PM » |
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ParcelForce say the customs people charge or not depending on how the item's described in the paperwork.
High output PMA alternator replacement kit.
No instructions! I've literally got no idea what to do with it, but Tom reckons he can print off the instructions online & maybe have a look at it this weekend.
destructions who needs destructions ,,  i think they were in a thread on here a bit further back when we were all talking on this conversion subject..  |
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LIVE FAST and DIE YOUNG,, past 50 AND STILL HERE NOW. WAITING. FOR. THE. GRIM. REAPER
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« Reply #1954 on: April 25, 2017, 08:55:46 AM » |
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ParcelForce say the customs people charge or not depending on how the item's described in the paperwork.
High output PMA alternator replacement kit.
No instructions! I've literally got no idea what to do with it, but Tom reckons he can print off the instructions online & maybe have a look at it this weekend.
Maybe this'll help twixt now and Tom printing http://www.hughshandbuilt.com/2012/03/01/install-hughs-handbuilt-pma-system-xs650/ |
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #1955 on: April 25, 2017, 06:21:24 PM » |
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« Reply #1956 on: April 25, 2017, 09:11:42 PM » |
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It was the 1980s. I have no excuse.
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« Reply #1957 on: May 02, 2017, 03:25:40 PM » |
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Huge thanks to Tom for giving up his Bank Holiday Monday to install the new high output PMA set-up on the bike.
I'd like to pretend I knew what was going on, but I didn't. I do know though that the old system used a spinny roundy thing attached to the crank, surrounded by a fixed ringy thing, with brushes running against the middle bit.
The new one has a fixed ringy bit with a spinny roundy thing attached to the crank that spins around the outside. That's about as much as I understood.
The old set-up came off suprisingly easily.
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« Reply #1958 on: May 02, 2017, 03:26:57 PM » |
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Shiny new bits going back on.
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« Reply #1959 on: May 02, 2017, 03:28:11 PM » |
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« Reply #1960 on: May 02, 2017, 03:33:47 PM » |
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No need to print off the fitting instructions -Tom simply scrolled through them on his phone, following the photos attached. It all seemed pretty straight forward.
The kit included a replacement rectifier/regulator. We only had to file one mounting hole out a little for it to fit under the electrics box where the original had been.
Multi pin connectors hook it all up together.
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« Reply #1961 on: May 02, 2017, 03:36:14 PM » |
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The spinny roundy outer bit fitted.
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« Reply #1962 on: May 02, 2017, 03:41:13 PM » |
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Tom's not convinced the old set-up was wired correctly, but still wasn't putting out any charge at the alternator. Unfortunately we couldn't fire it up to test it cos there wasn't enough charge left in the battery. I've charged it up again & also ordered the necessary connectors to relocate the fusebox & hook up the new indicators. So hopefully one more visit from Tom should see the electrics sorted. Thanks matey.  |
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« Reply #1963 on: May 02, 2017, 03:43:15 PM » |
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Then just finish tarting the paintwork up on the frame & fit the seat & it's almost done.
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« Reply #1964 on: June 02, 2017, 07:24:13 PM » |
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A bit more progress today, after a few weeks off from this, apart from a visit to the local transport festival a couple of weeks ago. Tom had some spare time this evening, so called in at the garage & we tested the new PMA charging system. Hurrah! It works! 12 volts at the battery, sightly more on tick over, 14+ with a few revs. That'll do. |
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