Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, is actually the legitimate government of China before the Russians aided in the communist takeover thereof. They managed to escape. I think they learned from what happened to the Czar and his family in Russia. Their products are better, and most of our imports originally were either Japan; or if not Japan, Taiwan, and/or Hong Kong, not China. Yes, they are sensitive about it because of the above situation. Taiwan is a sort of an economic thorn in the side and China really wants to obliterate Taiwan and it is probably going to happen sooner or later. If I have a choice of a copy of a Japanese part, like a copy of Honda parts, made in Taiwan and one from China I will take the former. From information I have gained from businesses dealing with China out of neccessity, they have to inspect every shipment of goods, because even though they give them the specs, they will send a bad batch if they think they can get away with it. They were injuring and killing their own babies with milk/formula laced with melamine, not just ours. And of course, there's the leaded paint on children's toys...
Stanley ________________________________ From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, July 4, 2010 11:19:09 PM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] My 4th of July Thanks Javi. I was planning on making a tour of the local motorcycle shops to see what's new sometime this week. If they don't have anything comparable I'll probably order these. I noticed they're not actually chinese though, "High quality fully made in Taiwan, NOT China." I guess they're sensitive on that subject ;) -Kyle On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: Kyle, >I got them on ebay. Here is the link: >http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120579008284&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT > >I think they have a good price, especially since I paid the same for the >previous, normal mirrors. My only complain is that the shipping from this >particular seller took forever. I think they are coming directly from China or >so, and they are sent by normal US postal service. It is fine if you don't >care waiting 2 or 3 weeks. > >Javier. > > > >On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > >Javier, >>What brand are those mirrors. I've been thinking about doing the same thing >>myself but couldn't find a decent set of integrated mirrors. >> >>-Kyle >> >> >> >>On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>Joey, >>>thanks, you are totally right. What causes the dimming of lights >>>(incandescent bulbs), or the non working of some of the LEDs is the drop in >>>voltage (now that I think about it, makes perfect sense). My plan is to go >>>completely with LEDs, for all turn signals, brake lights, etc. However, and >>>in the meanwhile, would a capacitor solve the problem of the drop in the >>>voltage? >>>Believe or not, I hate the Big Bag Theory tv show ;) >>> >>>Thanks a lot for the info. >>>Javier. >>> >>> >>> >>>On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>Javier, >>>> LEDs are extremely sensitive to voltage compared to normal >>>>light bulbs. Normal light bulbs will simply be dimmer under less >>>>voltage. LEDs may simply not light at all. >>>> LEDs require very little current - so unless they are >>>>equipped with a resistor that adds additional load, the load on the >>>>charging system shouldn't have increased that much. >>>> To prove that its the voltage being put out by the charging >>>>system do this: >>>> Take a voltmeter - preferably digital - and measure the >>>>starting voltage of the battery. >>>> Fire the bike up. Take note of the voltage of the battery >>>>with the bike idling. It shouldn't be remarkably different from the >>>>pre-starting voltage. >>>> Hold the throttle open so the engine revs up to approximately >>>>2,000 RPM and hold there. Measure the voltage again. You should see an >>>>increase of a couple volts. >>>> Now - release the throttle. Turn on the blinkers - you'll see >>>>that the voltage drops as the lights turn on each time. >>>> Open the throttle back up to hold at 2,000 RPM and measure >>>>the voltage with the blinkers on. You should see that although their >>>>might be a variance between lights on and off, the difference should >>>>be much smaller than the engine idling. >>>> This simply means that the charging system is providing >>>>electricity to the electrical system on the bike instead of drawing it >>>>from the battery. With the throttle open, you should see all the LEDs >>>>blinking. >>>> The only 'cure' for this is to reduce the load on the >>>>electrical system so the voltage drop from the blinkers turning on is >>>>lower. This is one of the advantages of an all LED system - but you >>>>must replace the flasher unit at the same time, otherwise they will >>>>fail to blink because the existing system is load based. No / less >>>>load, no blinking. >>>> Hope that helps! >>>> -Joey >>>>(Not a physicist - but I watch the Big Bang Theory :-)) >>>> >>>> >>>>On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Hi Joey, >>>>> I can see them blinking at the same rate as the standard turn signals. >>>>> However, one odd thing did happened. At the beginning not all the led's in >>>>> the mirror illuminate, only about half of the line went on. When I turn on >>>>> the engine and let it rev for few seconds all the leds in both mirrors >>>>> came >>>>> on. So I am a bit worry about the load on the system. I am ashame to admit >>>>> that I am physicist that knows about electromagnetic theory but I have no >>>>> idea how to apply it. I will try to make a short video of the thing >>>>> tomorrow. >>>>> >>>>> Javier. >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Javier, >>>>>> Very nice - please advise how the additional turn signals >>>>>> affect the blink rate and such. >>>>>> -Joey >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> > Dear all, >>>>>> > I decided to spend my day giving a good deep cleaning to the bike and >>>>>> > to >>>>>> > install a new set of mirrors I got. I figured out it was a good >>>>>> > opportunity >>>>>> > to take pictures of the 750, since she is not this clean that often (I >>>>>> > uploaded them in the group page). The new mirrors come with leds for >>>>>> > the >>>>>> > turn signals. I hook them up and they seem to work pretty good, >>>>>> > although >>>>>> > I >>>>>> > have to try them for a bit longer. I'd love to read your comments. I >>>>>> > hope >>>>>> > everyone had a great 4th of July. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Cheers, >>>>>> > Javier. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > -- >>>>>> > 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. >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -Joey Kelley >>>>>> Need Computer Technical support? >>>>>> http://www.crossloop.com/JoeyKelleyComputerServices >>>>>> At your service - via remote control! >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>-- >>>>-Joey Kelley >>>>Need Computer Technical support? >>>>http://www.crossloop.com/JoeyKelleyComputerServices >>>>At your service - via remote control! >>>> >>>>-- >>>>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. >>>> >>>> >>>-- >>> >>>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. >>> >> >>-- >> >>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. >> > >-- >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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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