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- Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:16 pm
- Forum: Conversions
- Topic: Thoughts/help for a new boy....
- Replies: 14
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- Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:41 pm
- Forum: Conversions
- Topic: Power steering pump options
- Replies: 19
- Views: 40944
- Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:37 pm
- Forum: Conversions
- Topic: Contactor coil diode.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 40275
I really don't like the Big Red Button approach. It simply doesn't belong in a road car. Having experienced a stuck throttle more than once over the years and having heard the experience of others, I seriously doubt if you would remember to use the BRB in an emergency. It takes far too many panic fi...
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:25 am
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Lead Acid - the choices
- Replies: 11
- Views: 25642
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:58 am
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Lead Acid - the choices
- Replies: 11
- Views: 25642
Modern starter batteries are not designed to be discharged more than about 15% on a regular basis. Leaving you lights on just a handful of times can damage the battery to the point that starting becomes marginal. Leisure batteries are a much better choice, but I'd still treat them as a consumable it...
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:51 am
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: ex milk float to be charged from a domestic supply
- Replies: 10
- Views: 25266
The Part P regs. have in many cases done nothing for electrical safety. The cost of certification has put many competent 'handyman' type operators out of business and some of those who've filled the gap have just one certified electrician to sign off all the work done by multiple crews (low or even ...
- Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:34 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Help with thesis idea
- Replies: 21
- Views: 44141
- Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:49 am
- Forum: Conversions
- Topic: Power/weight ratios
- Replies: 45
- Views: 94529
Setting some sort of target, ie: clutchless-single-speed, at least gives something to measure against. It just seems to me that you're putting the cart before the horse, or rather the transmission before the vehicle. The targets that would make sense to most potential EV builders are all performanc...
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:43 pm
- Forum: Electric Motor Bikes
- Topic: Asking a favour from a NW Vectrix owner please
- Replies: 17
- Views: 36116
That's Paul Blezzard's (motorcycle journalist) standard Quasar. He brought it along to my house when he came to ride Cedric's machine (2nd time actually, but the first was in the dark). There are some more pictures on the http://www.bikeweb.com site. Paul has long been a 'Feet Forward' proponent and...
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:39 pm
- Forum: Conversions
- Topic: Power/weight ratios
- Replies: 45
- Views: 94529
Working around parts which are far from suitable is to be avoided, in my experience. You've just summed up just about every conversion, many of the parts are unsuitable for the job. They do however exist and can be bought for sums of money within the realms of possibility. I'm struggling to see exa...