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  1. Flyinfool
    The Shindengen web side describes the SH012 series as "shorting" the stator to achieve regulation. This will allow the RR to remain nice and cool but is not doing the stator any favors. The one I listed achieves regulation by cutting the power from the stator. This means that the RR will run hotter but the stator will run cooler. Ideal would be if someone were to make a switching regulator. It would be expensive and possibly big, but both the RR and the stator would run cool. I have yet to see one available.
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    Thats exactly what I was referring to, The one that you have on your trailer if you are holding the brake and have a turn signal on, half of the light bar will flash. It will only illuminate solid if the brake is on and the turn signals are off. What the OP and myself are after is a true brake light where you will need some form of electronic mixer as in options 2 or 3 above. I was planning on getting the same light that you have and using it with my mixer circuit and just tying the green and yellow wires together. This will give me the center and 2 outermost LEDs lit as running lights that are on all of the time and anytime I hit the brake the full bar will light up.
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    The FH012 RR you have in the first post is still shorting the excess power to ground. just like the original Yami one does. This one SH775 does not short the excess power to ground and will result in a cooler running stator. Althoough I think I would prefer the SHxx1 once they release it just to have some reserve on current carrying ability. http://www.shindengen.co.jp/img_e/product/electro/catalog/catalog_08.jpg
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    Good think Togas are optional cuz I dont have one. I will just have to be toga-less. OH wait, that was last night, Missed it again, Dang work.......
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    Ummmmm... The Stop/turn lights do have 3 wires, but they are ground, Running, and stop/turn. There is no fourth wire. The ones with the fourth wire are simply turn signals that are mounted right next to each other so half of the TBL will still flash with the turn signal even if the brake is on.
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    Woo Hoo, I almost never beat someone to a post....... While it might be easy to just add the 5th wire you would end up with both the trailer and bike wiring as non standard. Nonstandard is fine as long as you will never pull a trailer for someone else or have someone else pull your trailer or want to pull your trailer behind a car. You could add the 5th wire as a separate wire with a separate bullet connector, but that is getting to be to Micky Mouse for my taste. My preference if it works is option 3, If I can not get that to work I will do option 2.
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    Yes it can be done. There are a couple of ways to go about it. 1. Cheap, quick and dirty. Bring up the left and right turn/stop wires, hook a diode to each one and tie the other end of the diodes together, this then goes to the positive lead of the Third Brake Light (TBL). This will light the TBL whenever either of the stop turn lights are lit. So if you have the brake on the TBL will be lit steady. The down side is that when you have just a turn signal on the TBL will be flashing with the turn signal possibly confusing a driver behind you. 2. It can be done with 2 double pole relays (either DPDT or DPST NO) and 2 diodes so that it will work correctly in all conditions. A little more involved to wire up but the TBL will only light when the brake is on as it should be. Schematic attached. 3. It can be done with solid state components but would require you to have the ability to make a small simple circuit board, The circuit I laid out would use 2 diodes, 2 NPN transistors, 4 resistors and an SCR on a small heat sink. I have the circuit designed and I have bought the parts, I just have not had time to build it yet to verify that it works as designed. There are some commercially available converters out there, but all of the ones that I found were of option 1, and that will not go on my trailer.
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    The issue with most of the surveillance systems is power. There is no power available. and the surveillance systems (recorder part) can not handle the temperature and humidity extremes of outdoor use. It gets real hot and real cold in the shed and everything gets wet from condensation. And from reading the specs, the surveillance cams have even less range than the trail cams unless you get into the expensive cams. The cam that I have picked has a range of 45 feet for the motion sensor and the IR flash, it also has a setting to just snap a pic anywhere from 1 second to 1 hour intervals. This is so that you can monitor a large area that is out of sensor range. This is probably the setting I'll use. One of the issues that is being remedied is that the lock on the gate has had the same combination for 33 years. There are a lot of past club members that have that combo. This is way out in the boonies, there are no houses within a mile and a 22 is not real loud either. I hope they will wait till I have the cam up before they come back.
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    So in other words since the speed is now correct (Lowered from 66 to 60) so that means that the miles on the odometer will be less? This will raise the resale value but cut down on the miles per tank of gas. Something to keep in mind when you also notice a sudden 10% drop in gas mileage.
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    First off, welcome to the asylum...... That extra wire to the center of the battery is a fluid level monitor for the bikes computer. If the electrolyte drops to low You will see a battery icon in the display and get a flashing red light on the dash. If you need to replace the battery and the new battery does not have a hole for the battery probe, there is a simple fix to confuse the computer so it does not keep the warning light on. you simply add a resistor and connect to power. You MUST add the resistor or you will blow out the computer. As far as the rough running, start with a heavy dose of SeaFoam in the gas tank and run it hard. SeaFoam is like a miracle drug for these older bikes that were never intended to have alcohol in the gas tank. Clean the corrosion on the battery terminals and while you are at it check the other ends of the cables to. There was a post not to long ago with a great checklist for buying the 1st gen Ventures. I will go hunt for it unless someone beats me to it.
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    Well I ended up ordering the Bushnell Trophy Cam Blackout. And to try to make sure it stays where I put it. I also ordered a Heavy Duty CamLockBox with Python cable lock. This Box is made from 10Ga steel (Thats .134 thick). My .22 bullet trap is made of 10Ga steel. So if someone does manage to spot it 15 feet up a tree the box will help to resist the cam being shot up. Not prevent it but it will make their target a lot smaller, and hopefully save the memory card with their pic on it. We were out at the field with the LEOs on Saturday and were able to find 2 bullets, one in pretty good shape. The LEOs are very interested in finding someone that would fire a gun withing city limits. The are running the bullets and shell caseings thru balistics to see if they match anything. There were a lot of things damaged in the sheds. There was one bullet that went thru the sheds wall thru the shed out the other side into the next shed thru that shed and out thru another steel wall and finally put a hole in the tank of the porta john. We did not go looking for that bullet... The two bullets that we found were inside of plastic jugs, one was the full jug of diesel fuel (they had to get the full one, missed the two empties) the other was inside of the weed sprayer tank that was full of weed killer. In looking at the hole patterns in the sheds, someone was out to inflict maximum damage, they knew right where things were stored. Every shot was either a hit on equipment or extremely close to high value equipment. Arrrrgggggg......... Why do people have to be such a-holes......... I really hope this camera catches someone. Charges will be pressed.
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    Sounds like fun. You needed something to do anyhow right.
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    OK, Curiosity is getting the best of me. HOW did you manage to bugger the threads in the crankshaft????
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    McMaster-Carr On left of page select your thread. MSC Direct Enco There you go, lots to choose from Wow I must type slow.........
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    Ok, someone has to ask the obvious. Is your shift linkage installed the right way. It can be installed backwards so that while you think you are looking for neutral between 1st and 2nd you are actually trying to find neutral between 4th and 5th.
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    Whenever you get weird interaction between lights, it is almost always a bad ground.
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    I sure wish they would have one around here. It always seems that they are a days ride away from me.
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    :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:
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    Even though you can not see the cracked solder joints they can still be there. As long as you have the board out and looking at it just go ahead and add a tiny amount of fresh solder (use non acid flux) to all of the joints.
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    Dont talk about it, dont hint about it. The male brain is not designed to pick up on such things. Come right out and tell him to work on what needs work and then tell him to go for a ride.
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    Hey We are supposed to be in the mid 70s and sunny on Sunday, as soon as we are done with that I'll pack it up and sent it across the pond with over night delivery, just for you.
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    There have been a lot of threads over the years of people that have tried boards and went back to pegs. If you do some looking and searching you may be able to find those threads and contact some of those people to see if they sold their boards yet. I seem to remember that for a while there was almost a community set of boards making the rounds. Someone may have finally decided they liked them and ended the travels of the boards.
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    Why would you think that, my bed liner is always dirty....... But I do find this whole thing interesting, I hate chrome but have never found a good way to cover it. The only time I ever had any success with covering chrome was the chrome front fender on an old Yami 650 that I painted black to match the rest of the bike. I did that by starting with a power sander and 80 grit to "scuff" the surface.
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    I am even thinking that when I win this one that I will take the $18MIL per year for life (30 Years) just so I do not have to figure out where to store all of that money while I spend every last penny. It might be rough learning to live on a fixed income but I think I'll manage. Hmmmmmmmm.......... Some how I think there will be a lot of volunteers to help me "store" it.
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    Ir is interesting to say the least. I know I no longer have that much ambition. Was it not a common practice to fill the frames with lead on those old VW trikes as an attempt to keep the front wheel down?
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