How about just using the right battery? Seems to work on my Hawk even considering the "poor" charging system. May be you guys should just engineer a better bike altogether....I would be interested in that! Use the Hawk as the basic standard with the inline 4 and go from there.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:26 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Starting problems > > Hello > I thought of putting a LED light in my headlamp. Could solve the problem, > except that it doesn't lit enough for night hawking. > The regulator alone is not the solution : it is only necessary to change > it > because a permanent magnet alternator has not the same regulation scheme > as > a classical coil excited alternator. > Just for information, in order to 1 decrease the current in the excitation > coil 2 decrease the power taken by the headlamp, during daytime, I ride my > bike with the headlamp and the excitation winding of the alternator wired > in series. I had to put in place a two wire cable from the headlamp > housing > to the connectors under the saddle. > Just a loosy trick... but it works : the bike charges badly but, at least, > the alternator doesn't burn. > Perhaps there would be another solution : use a current limiter device, > which has a thermal derating curve giving lower limit currents when > temperature increases. Any guru of electronc devices on the forum ? > Best regards > Jean-Pierre > > > At 06:18 08/01/2009 -0600, you wrote: > > >>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 > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
