The moment has arrived.....finally!

[Snaggletooth]

Must have done something right. Did about 500 miles in the last couple of days running 2 up with my daughter. She's showing 39 MPG running 2 up at interstate speeds. Don't know if I can improve on that.

 

The new upgrade stator from Buckeye and the Deka AGM battery are a change I should have made a long time ago. I can run the markers and 55 watt driving lights and shut her down and the voltmeter reads 12.8 everytime. Between those and the heavy battery cables and rebuilding the starter there is not a hint of a hot start problem.

 

Life is good.

 

Mike

[craigatcsi]

VERY NICE!!

 

Since we live in the same city, I would like a chance to see it in person sometime.

 

Maybe we could arrange a meet & eat sometime.

 

craigr

[Snaggletooth]

Hey Craig.

 

Yep, we were talking about that last fall about the time I started tearing it down for my "New & Improved" project.

 

You still working off of 84th out here in Ralston? Shoot me an e-mail one of these days and we can meet over at Don & Millies on the corner of "Q".

 

Got a member from Iowa named Bryan going to be coming into town in June and going to try to meet up with him to. We are getting some new members from around here. A couple from Fremont and another one from Council Bluffs. Be able to have a local meet & eat if we keep going.

 

Later

[Squeeze]

Good Job Mike,

 

i like it the Bike and the Effort you've taken to get it done.

 

:thumbsup2::thumbsup2:

[Dano]

Het Snaggle, that looks fantastic, way to go!

Ill let you know how good the gold looks in the rear view mirrors sometime!.

 

Brian

 

 

 

:rasberry::rasberry: Didn't have to say a word!!

 

 

Next time we get together, I'll have the wife turn around and take some pics of you guys

as we're pulling away from ya!

[Crash]

AWESOME LOOKING! ENJOY.

[Snaggletooth]

Next time we get together, I'll have the wife turn around and take some pics of you guys

as we're pulling away from ya!

 

 

And there ya have it!

[CrazyHorse]

Nice job. Is that a digital volt meter on the right dash and where did you get it? hows the stator performing?

[Snaggletooth]

Yep it is a digital voltmeter. My insurance plan. I like knowing where I am on the charging sytem after all the problems I had before.

 

Found it at:

 

http://www.digitalmeter.com/cgi-bin/webshop.cgi?config=configspc.txt

 

I have hooked directly to the side termianls in the Deka ETX18L battery for a direct feed. I use a toggle switch right above in to kick it on. Nothing makes me feel better than seeing 12.8 when I hit the switch before starting up.

 

The Buckeye upgrade stator is doing great. I found the top windings to be a bit singed on the old one. All three wires were showing the same readings but not enough.

 

The Buckeye is running up to about 14.7 running down the road. When I run the high beam, the 55 watt driving lights and the marker lights on the bumper and front fender at the came time it will pull down to 13.8 volts. As I don't usually run them all that the same time it stay pretty close to 14.3 most the time at night.

 

With the Deka AGM, the Buckeye stator and the new reg/rec I put in last year I'm happy as I can be with the charging sytem. I barely got 13.5 out of the old stuff with nothing but the head light on. Yikes!

 

Now if I wanted to go one better on the meter....there is the Kisan Charge Guard. Nice stuff. Costs a bit more than what I paid but it gives you voltage, amps available and draw plus air temp and an ice warning. Maybe some day.

[BIG TOM]

WOW..I'm impressed:thumbsup:

[CrazyHorse]

Yep it is a digital voltmeter. My insurance plan. I like knowing where I am on the charging sytem after all the problems I had before.

 

Found it at:

 

http://www.digitalmeter.com/cgi-bin/webshop.cgi?config=configspc.txt

 

I have hooked directly to the side termianls in the Deka ETX18L battery for a direct feed. I use a toggle switch right above in to kick it on. Nothing makes me feel better than seeing 12.8 when I hit the switch before starting up.

 

The Buckeye upgrade stator is doing great. I found the top windings to be a bit singed on the old one. All three wires were showing the same readings but not enough.

 

The Buckeye is running up to about 14.7 running down the road. When I run the high beam, the 55 watt driving lights and the marker lights on the bumper and front fender at the came time it will pull down to 13.8 volts. As I don't usually run them all that the same time it stay pretty close to 14.3 most the time at night.

 

With the Deka AGM, the Buckeye stator and the new reg/rec I put in last year I'm happy as I can be with the charging sytem. I barely got 13.5 out of the old stuff with nothing but the head light on. Yikes!

 

Now if I wanted to go one better on the meter....there is the Kisan Charge Guard. Nice stuff. Costs a bit more than what I paid but it gives you voltage, amps available and draw plus air temp and an ice warning. Maybe some day.

 

Nice I'm stealing the idea never liked analog meters.

[MikeM8560]

The new upgrade stator from Buckeye and the Deka AGM battery are a change I should have made a long time ago. I can run the markers and 55 watt driving lights and shut her down and the voltmeter reads 12.8 everytime. Between those and the heavy battery cables and rebuilding the starter there is not a hint of a hot start problem.

 

Life is good.

 

Mike

what do you read at an idle with all the lights on and off?

[Snaggletooth]

Hey Mike

 

The lowest reading I got was 12.8 at an idle with all the lights on, the high beam on and the brake lit up. Not going to be a doing that a lot anyway but wanted to see what the bottom end was going to be. Without the high beam and brake on it was pretty much 13.2 at idle. Running down the road 13.7 is the lowest loaded up with all the lights.

[MikeM8560]

Hey Mike

 

The lowest reading I got was 12.8 at an idle with all the lights on, the high beam on and the brake lit up. Not going to be a doing that a lot anyway but wanted to see what the bottom end was going to be. Without the high beam and brake on it was pretty much 13.2 at idle. Running down the road 13.7 is the lowest loaded up with all the lights.

Thanks this is an upgrade in my future. maybe if my stator goese themn ill bve forced not to ride i dont run with my driving light on unless at hight speed but then i dont really ned them like on dark backroads. but then the volts go way down.

[Gearhead]

Nice bike, Snaggle.

 

That is great charging performance. I improved my stock system significantly by cleaning all the connections and adding some supplementary grounds, but it still discharges significantly at idle with all the goodies turned on.

 

Is that a custom-sewn sheepskin cover?

 

Jeremy

[Snaggletooth]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I really didn't know what to expect with the new stator. My old one just wasn't keeping up and on the best day it would hardly keep the battery charged. I'd always read that the stock stator should charge at 14.5 volts over 2,000 rpm. psssst! Never even got close to that. Well there was that one time when it ran up to about 17 and that was when I replaced the reg/rec. No brainer on that one.

 

All three wires off the old stator showed equal readings, if not low when I tested it so I kept putting off replacing it. Just thought I wasn't doing the test right.

 

I sent my volt readings to RickH yesterday with along with my thanks for providing the stator. He replied that the readings looked to be in line with his expectations so I'm comfortable that I got things going in the right direction now.

 

Nice to know I can start the bike every time now.

 

Mike