Jean-Pierre Is the rectifier/regulator all I would need? $10-$15? You bet, I'd try one!
I'm thinking about a voltage dropping device(adjustable?) in the headlight circuit for daytime use that would still keep me legal but drop wattage to 20 or less, and be easily switchable for nighttime use. Could even be pulsing for greater visibility. I ride almost exclusively in the daytime. Any ideas? Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:22 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Starting problems No bike, to my knowledge, had permanent magnets on the rotor in the early 1980 years. At that time, ferrite magnets, the only available ones in automative market, were too weak, and SmCo magnets were still to be used in high torque motors, like for aeronautic and space applications. SmCo magnets, the only ones which can whistand >100°C temperatures in a bike alternator housing, are now available at reasonnable prices. You are right, a magneto system is another solution as well, but needs to rebuild the whole alternator. I thought even to take the alternator of a Vtwin Ducati and adjust it to fit inside my NH housing. Unfortunately, it would rotate too fast (19 000 rpm) and probably explode. The solution that I propose is just a refitting on the rotor, keeping the existing rotor minus the excitation winding. I have a proposition of a chinese manufacturer for a rectifier/regulator at less than $10 ! Anyone interested in trying ? The challenge of getting a nighthawk with a REAL charging system - not a flawly designed one - doesn't find any echo ? I'm in the position now of making the efforts to make the thing, or sell this f... bike to somebody else. I suppose - laugh - that most of the nighthawks for sale are sold because owners are sick of the charging system. Except of course some lovers of this bike who never ride it with the headlamp on and/or in hot weather and/or in city jams. I came to understand that in the south hemisphere, there would be no problem. Interesting... could be due to the Coriolis force... or the hole in the ozon layer in the atmosphere... or the problem could perhaps be solved by wearing a shirt with a Honda patch... At 22:44 07/01/2009 -0800, stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]> wrote: >It seems to me that Honda would have been better off with a generator >instead of an alternator because it requires no juice from the battery to >produce electricity and it is already producing DC and needs no >conversion. Maybe there is a problem with too much heat for the magnets. >At one time Lawn Boy used an additional magnet in the flywheel to generate >extra juice to charge a battery pack which operated an electric starter... >So, a magneto system is another option as well. Used to be able to >purchase magneto systems for our cars, and maybe still can, but I don't >know. >Engine would still run despite an electrical supply failure. Just no >lights at night after the battery gives its last... >just my thoughts on the subject. > >Stanley --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
