Aaarghhhh! Clean it

Doing one better, taking it off and letting a powder coater do their magic

Will the powder coater remove all the dust that falls into your engine when you remove the cover?

Hmmm, good point....never thought of that.

My pleasure.... here ya go! ATC Circuit Breakers

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Thank you, they look pretty physically big, are they?

they are longer ( or taller whichever way ya wanna look at it....) but it is easy enough to extend the lid of a fuse box, as long as u have the room... I would make every effort possible to use the them, saves a LOT of hassle.

M

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Have you thought about replacing the alternator with a permanent magnet type?
You would get rid of diode board problems as well as any potential problems caused by breakdown of the rotor windings and carbon brushes .

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"When you come to a fork in the road ,take it ! When you come to a spoon in the road ,take that also ."

Maby this sort of thing is better Pico 5575pt Master BATT Isolator Switch

or this: Battery isolator - removable key in the �on� or �off� position

Cheers,
John

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1/4/11 update

Today I pulled the pod, handbars and front fender.


Took the center stand off too and made it fun to further support the bike on the lift.


I have wires all over the place, it will be fun on reassembly.... fortunately I can read a schematic like a comic book.


I have a pile of stuff to order, but will do so later as I want one box to come

1/5/11 Update

Finally pulled apart the throttle and master cylinder. It's a 13mm and a MESS


Cleaned up the shed some more. I found that in a small space, orginization is key



One big thing, my heater came. Mr Heater Big Buddy. There is one thing working in the cold shed in the middel of winter. Something else freezing your butt off.



Seems to work pretty well. Here are a could shots of it being onfor about a half hour.



The heater came in a pretty big box, so had the opportunity to have a place for my powder coating candidates


One question: It was on the exhaust to prevent the cover from potentially being damaged. I could not find it on the schematic, how it mounts etc etc. It was held on with a pipe clamp Anyone have any ideas?

I ended up with a 450w Omega. I got a deal, $100 less than the perm magnet system

Did some research on that charge system.

Found out a couple points that I like on the Omega vs the Endura

Cons of Endura:

1. The Endra possibly won't work with bad battery...or no battery? So no charging a flat battery. Makes sense with a kickstart.
2. Replacement parts and hard to diagnose issues.
3. Heard to be Noisy
4. No replacement parts available, need to spend another $500USD to replace

Cons of Omega:

1. more parts to fail
2. Replacement parts only available from Rick, not from dealer
3. charges best at speed

Pros of Endura:
1. Few Parts to fail
2. Charges all the time close to max
3. Frees up room in charge section.
4. Less connections to fail.

Pros of Omega:
1. More ultimate power
2. Will run a batteryless bike.
3. Easy to diagnose by maintaining the airhead simplicity
4. Individual parts are available from Rick the seller...yes a pro too as he sells good stuff and stands by it.

Conclusion:
Both systems are equal in benefit, it all depends on what you want. I need heated grips, gps, liner and gloves at speed. I also like the ability to start and run a bike that the battery died and I had to kickstart to get running. This kit delivers for my needs.

I may need to do some work in that dept. The fusebox location on the g/s seems like an afterthought. I'll have to look into it.

Glad you are happy with your purchase .
I may have misunderstood the workings of the Enduralast alternator .
I had believed it to be a permanent magnet alternator .If this is the case then it will charge a flat battery and also charge up a capacitor to use in a batteryless system .
Kick starting shouldn't be a problem ,if you have the necessary muscles .
Provided that the alternator does not fly apart ,there is nothing to go wrong with a permanent magnet system ,other than the reg/ rect failing .

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"When you come to a fork in the road ,take it ! When you come to a spoon in the road ,take that also ."

The enduralast was my first choice, but this one came first so I bought it. My evaluation was based on what I've read in reports. I have read of omegas failing too.
If I break down, I go fishing, take a well needed break, etc etc. I never travel with an agenda or timeline. Too dangerous and kills the fun. You see things at 35mph that you don't see at 60 mph and things at 60 you don't see at 80. Life is too short to rush

John, the reason I suggested to Shadowraven about the resettable breakers instead of fuses is that you can ALWAYS reset a breaker, it the fuse goes, if no breaker then you have to have spares or a way of completing the circuit, although your suggestion of battery isolator is a brilliant one as it stops the bike being started when you are away from the bike....


M

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