FoothillRyder
Two Stroke
Looking good Lach! Carry on!
you cannot "go to dmv" with your frame and engine set. the dmv people will just run you around in circles. you will need to make an appointment at your local chp office to have it verified. DO NOT JUST SHOW UP. the verifier will get quite cranky. and you may if the bike is not properly licensed have a new issue to deal with. so a tow is in order. the chp guys are usually good people so humour is always in order
>"electronics tray under the seat. I have a new high tech battery from Harris that is only one inch thick. So in the tray goes battery, rectifier, horn, fuse box, and all the other shit that sits behind the carbs..."
Our rectifiers get quite hot which is why they are mounted directly in the wind blast.
Heat and vibration are the enemy of rectifiers.
I dodgey rectifier is bad for the stator and battery. also, the heat it gives off will kill your batteryas well as shorten the life of the other conpontents under the seat.
at the very least I would recomend a universal MOSFET type regulator as they don't produce nearly the amount of heat as our stock diode type.
Just a thought.
There are a lot of factors.
Jeff has had some good luck, just about everybody I know had their battery go after about 4 years.
There have been quite a few people with reg/rec issues. It's pretty common.
(Unfortunately they just replace the reg/rec, if they would check the stator they would might find that they have at least one weak or bad leg and that is what stressed the reg/rec and caused it to fail.)
If you look at the back of the reg/rec you will see that the actually unit is quite small and embedded in a gaint heat sink.
I was just sayen and it's something to be aware of.
I would think with the tire and chain whippin' around at speed there would be plenty of air moving around the heat sink. It isn't quite like being out in front of the bike, but there is still air moving around it.
I'm very interested to see how it rides with the missing and modified parts. I like that you eliminated the lower rails. I've been thinking about this too.
This pile of pasta is actually starting to make some sense. See through frame starting to come together with all the electrics under the seat.
LMT
PS...Jeff....the NO lower rails is going to be great.
This pile of pasta is actually starting to make some sense. See through frame starting to come together with all the electrics under the seat.
LMT
PS...Jeff....the NO lower rails is going to be great.
so long as it doesn't collapse or bend like a banana when you hit a decent bump ?
I reckon Triumph built the frame that way originally for a reason, alittle more than just to attach a centre stand ?? :lol:
hopefully the motor mounts are strong enough to support all including the wheels too :stupid2: