Rigjockey
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Good heads up, I have been hearing ads about how E-bay has the exact right parts and blah, blah, blah.
I had my doubts about Vladimer having the parts up to spec.
Duck Pond Redneckery
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I had my doubts about Vladimer having the parts up to spec.
Electric Chicken
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Clack gotta pay the bills somehow with Click being gone. RIP Click.
Duck
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Mine is laughing at me because I've got this partially disassembled bike taking up space in my shop.
Duck
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It's my dad's 1980 Honda CM400T
He's too old for a real bike. He's really awkward on his Goldwing.
But he refuses to get a trike. He says trikes are for old guys.
Duck
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I don't remember when's the last time I mentioned my jailbird uncle in Missouri who was abused by his psycho alcoholic wife for 30 years until he finally snapped & killed her with a hammer, stuffed her in a freezer for 4 years.
He keeps whining and needing money all the time.
This last time it's for an alarm clock.
Why would a prison inmate need an alarm clock? Don't the guards wake them up? I mean, someone has to open the cage?
He keeps whining and needing money all the time.
This last time it's for an alarm clock.
Why would a prison inmate need an alarm clock? Don't the guards wake them up? I mean, someone has to open the cage?
BlackBart
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Hell, them Electras are supposed to be the "geezer glides" LolIt's my dad's 1980 Honda CM400T
He's too old for a real bike. He's really awkward on his Goldwing.
But he refuses to get a trike. He says trikes are for old guys.
Duck
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This rope-start minibike has the generator thingy on the flywheel to provide juice for the headlight, which is bright as fuck at full throttle but as dim as a candle at idle.
That's not a huge problem but since I added a tail/brake light, I want the brake light to be full brightness at idle.
So I'm converting it to a stabilized 12v system.
The AC current coming out of the engine will go to a motorcycle voltage regulator - rectifier where it'll be converted to DC & regulated to 14.4 volts. Then via the red & green wires, it'll go to this cute little motorcycle battery. The smallest one they had.
Because it's just a minibike, there isn't much space. So the voltage regulator is getting mounted on the rear fender.
I'll have to make something to hold the battery in this little space here in front. I don't need much of a battery because there is no electric starter. It's a rope start like a push mower.
I'm using 4 conductor trailer wire for the voltage regulator. The colors don't match so I'm gonna hafta remember which ones go where at the front.
That's not a huge problem but since I added a tail/brake light, I want the brake light to be full brightness at idle.
So I'm converting it to a stabilized 12v system.
The AC current coming out of the engine will go to a motorcycle voltage regulator - rectifier where it'll be converted to DC & regulated to 14.4 volts. Then via the red & green wires, it'll go to this cute little motorcycle battery. The smallest one they had.
Because it's just a minibike, there isn't much space. So the voltage regulator is getting mounted on the rear fender.
I'll have to make something to hold the battery in this little space here in front. I don't need much of a battery because there is no electric starter. It's a rope start like a push mower.
I'm using 4 conductor trailer wire for the voltage regulator. The colors don't match so I'm gonna hafta remember which ones go where at the front.
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Duck
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I've got the incandescent headlight tied together with the LED tail light I added.
When fed AC, an LED will flicker at the same frequency as the alternating current.
LED = light emitting diode.
A diode is a one-way door for electricity, and alternating current rapidly changes polarity.
At low RPM I can see it flicker.
Also, my dad told me that LEDs won't last very long if fed too much voltage. I measured 23 volts AC with a meter while running the minibike at full throttle holding the back tire off the ground.
I'm putting all of the lighting on the battery, and the battery will be fed by the regulator. The two wires from the engine will go to the input side of the regulator.
So assuming this 5 dollar universal regulator/rectifier I ordered directly from China works, everything on the minibike will be 12-14 volts DC just like on a street bike.
just be careful, when your dad is riding, something like this, doesn't happen, with all your wiring coflamagations.....
Duck
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Maybe if it was somewhere miles from home but this is AT home.
If my Ford tractor can't pull it loose, I'll go get a winch & mount it on the lift.
Or bug one of the neighbors who have modern farm tractors.
Electric Chicken
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I agree. Put a snatch rope between the Goldwing and the Snorkelift, and tug away.Get out the Goldwing! You use it for everything else, why not that?
Make sure you film it.
Duck
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I finished rewiring the minibike.
The voltage regulator works. Battery shows 12.7 volts at idle, 13.8 at about 1/3 throttle.
Brake light works. Headlight is full brightness regardless of engine RPM.
Tomorrow I'll put a voltmeter on the handlebars. I've also got a tachometer to put on it.
The voltage regulator works. Battery shows 12.7 volts at idle, 13.8 at about 1/3 throttle.
Brake light works. Headlight is full brightness regardless of engine RPM.
Tomorrow I'll put a voltmeter on the handlebars. I've also got a tachometer to put on it.
Duck
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That little bike is fun to ride.
It's also fun to modify.
I'm thinking about putting a hydraulic disc brake on the front. It just has a cable operated drum brake on the rear & it's inadequate for 45 mph.
You can probably stop an 80,000 lb truck faster than I can stop that minibike.
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