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British Bikes / Re: Warning bronze head on eBay .
« on: January 23, 2016, 12:47:53 PM »
I asked twice to go and see this head with no reply , I have tried to bid but he has blocked my bid , I think he may only let over seas bidders bid and think he is up to no good ,

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British Bikes / Re: Warning bronze head on eBay .
« on: January 22, 2016, 09:01:18 PM »
I asked to go and look at the head , its not that far from me , no reply . I may bid incase its genuine I thought £500,000.00 and see if he replys when I win .

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Japanese Bikes / Re: Information on old Yamaha Dealer
« on: January 22, 2016, 08:21:21 AM »
great flares , not much of a fan of the bike , but im sure now a collectors item

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British Bikes / Re: Warning bronze head on eBay .
« on: January 21, 2016, 07:19:19 AM »
http://www.britishironworks.com/2015/12/tiger-100-bronze-head.html

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American Bikes / Re: any Electrical Gurus out there?
« on: January 20, 2016, 04:13:34 PM »
brighter then blows , take a read here it may help but sounds like the rec/reg is shot , http://www.electrosport.com/technical-resources/technical-articles/how-motorcycle-charging-system-works

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American Bikes / Re: any Electrical Gurus out there?
« on: January 20, 2016, 11:51:59 AM »
has the unit your using got 4 wires comeing out so it can be used for poss or neg earth , also is it suited to 6v and 12v , these have a small loop wire at the back and I think are for 6v unless the wire is cut , then they are for 12v or the other way round as mentioned in the fitting instructions , it maybe the case you are running off the battery only and there is no charge from the alt , this will make the battery hot as it goes flat , flatten the battery (leave the light on for a hour) start the bike and see if the lights go brighter when the bike is reved , if not the alt and rect/reg are not working

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American Bikes / Re: any Electrical Gurus out there?
« on: January 20, 2016, 09:25:20 AM »
this sounds right but would the ret/reg still try to charge a fully charged battery , why does the system not balance via this unit , if is all working as should and a ammeter fitted I would expect to see a very small charge with a fully charged battery and no other load

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American Bikes / Re: any Electrical Gurus out there?
« on: January 19, 2016, 04:42:19 PM »
the rec/reg unit dumps unwanted amps in heat via the sink (alloy case) it must have a good heavy earth

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American Bikes / Re: any Electrical Gurus out there?
« on: January 19, 2016, 07:28:54 AM »
try a wet battery and make sure you have a good earth on battery and rect unit , with no load and a fully charged battery the unit should dump in heat the excess , if you have a ammeter you can see this , I am not keen on the gel batterys but some are and I can see why they are used , one gave me a problem on a velo with a dynamo

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American Bikes / Re: any Electrical Gurus out there?
« on: January 18, 2016, 03:48:55 PM »
what are you reading across the battery now ?

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American Bikes / Re: any Electrical Gurus out there?
« on: January 18, 2016, 12:47:23 PM »
try connecting it to a standard battery and see if it is still the same , 70s shovel over charging is rare , they had lots of problems with the rect/reg unit along with the silly two pin plug at the front , most of these problems are caused by a poor earth on the unit , im not sure about the gel battery and I take it you have the kicker conversion  in place 

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British Bikes / Re: BSA Bantam misfire and sparking pionts.
« on: January 18, 2016, 07:10:10 AM »
does the bike tick over nice and even , and miss fire when its rev ?

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British Bikes / Re: villiers wont run
« on: January 15, 2016, 06:50:09 PM »
crank case leak ? has it been standing for a long time , rings , f/w mag ? there are lots of reasons a 2 stroke will not run

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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: What a find
« on: January 10, 2016, 09:50:21 AM »
I miss him too , made the forum more interesting but I did go a bit OTT

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The Classic Biker Bar / Re: Buying a Bike from Italy
« on: January 10, 2016, 09:46:03 AM »
I left this under a tree in my garden , 23 years , time flys

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