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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 5:56 am
by MacV2
Pete.L wrote:I bought some new cables for mine a few years ago and they were less than £25
Put your hand in your pocket you cheepskate :D
or sit on a corner and sell some biscuits :wink:

Pete.l

I'm gonna get it done Pete just neeeded a fix to be getting on with...


I was practicing me line to the boss, ''Sorry I cant come in today as I can't get me bike out of the garage...''


For some reason I've had no takes on the commemorative biscuits... :lol:

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 7:10 pm
by stuffedit
Beasted the storm round 1 lap of the Nordschleife and then a 15min session on the Nurgburing GP circuit =

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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 8:08 pm
by kev64
Relocated my R/R.
Had to repair burnt wiring and fitted underseat where the toolbag was.
Drilled 2 holes through the undertray and mounted ontop of it.
Charging @ 14.34v :thumbup:
Will keep an i on the charging.
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Oh, i glued the flasher unit in place :thumbup:

Just after this i went to pick up the seat and seat cowl assy and it slipped out my hands and dropped it on the floor
scratching the new paintwork :x :x :x

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 8:16 pm
by VTR Phoenix
kev64 wrote:Relocated my R/R.
Had to repair burnt wiring and fitted underseat where the toolbag was.
Drilled 2 holes through the undertray and mounted ontop of it.
Charging @ 14.34v :thumbup:
Will keep an i on the charging.
Image

Oh, i glued the flasher unit in place :thumbup:

Just after this i went to pick up the seat and seat cowl assy and it slipped out my hands and dropped it on the floor
scratching the new paintwork :x :x :x
How much cooling will the RR get there? It uses the frame do get rid of heat so on the plastic it wont, maybe even melt it?

Also what RR is that? Mine only has 1 plug

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 8:24 pm
by Watty
VTR Phoenix wrote:
kev64 wrote:Relocated my R/R.
Had to repair burnt wiring and fitted underseat where the toolbag was.
Drilled 2 holes through the undertray and mounted ontop of it.
Charging @ 14.34v :thumbup:
Will keep an i on the charging.
Image

Oh, i glued the flasher unit in place :thumbup:

Just after this i went to pick up the seat and seat cowl assy and it slipped out my hands and dropped it on the floor
scratching the new paintwork :x :x :x
How much cooling will the RR get there? It uses the frame do get rid of heat so on the plastic it wont, maybe even melt it?

Also what RR is that? Mine only has 1 plug
Agree with Mr Phoenix on the cooling Kev!! Oh and it's a MOSFET Mr P :thumbup:

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 8:26 pm
by tony.mon
VTR Phoenix wrote:
kev64 wrote:Relocated my R/R.
Had to repair burnt wiring and fitted underseat where the toolbag was.
Drilled 2 holes through the undertray and mounted ontop of it.
Charging @ 14.34v :thumbup:
Will keep an i on the charging.
Image

Oh, i glued the flasher unit in place :thumbup:

Just after this i went to pick up the seat and seat cowl assy and it slipped out my hands and dropped it on the floor
scratching the new paintwork :x :x :x
How much cooling will the RR get there? It uses the frame do get rid of heat so on the plastic it wont, maybe even melt it?

Also what RR is that? Mine only has 1 plug
That concerns me; there's a heat sink on the back that gets hot and is meant to push the heat back into the frame.
If you're going to leave it there I'd suggest bolting it to a nice aluminium or copper bar and drilling a couple of cooling holes in the plastic and duct the air onto it, but trying to avoid getting rain splashing on it, or the connections will rot.
What's wrong with the original site?

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 8:28 pm
by kev64
its a mosfet, they don't get that hot , but you are right, it uses the frame to dissipate heat
I'm hoping the air gap underneath will be enough, maybe not though, on don't advise people do this on a standard RR !!
And I might also get a piece of Alluminium like Tony says

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 8:43 pm
by popkat
Mosfet can still get hot, there's lots of different quality Mosfet types and only the best ones do it best.

You also missed a perfect opportunity to earth direct to battery.

If mine I would mount to the frame.



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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 8:49 pm
by kev64
I may still do that, this is a trial fit

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 8:56 pm
by VTR Phoenix
Ok a mosfet, I've been reading up on the makeup of those. They seem to vary a lot in price, is that just the sellers or to do with the actual parts and quality of the workmanship?

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 9:01 pm
by SmileyVTR
Left home 09:00 and returned 17:30 after a day bombing around the whole of the Peak District.

Oh, AND DROPPED THE B*TCH!!!!! (0mph walking u-turn on a slope, doh!! She's lasted 18 years & I f****g marked her, a little, grrrrr)

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 9:01 pm
by kev64
You can buy brand new mosfets and they look the same, from china, but you guessed it the quality is shite,or probably fairly shite,
most folks on here seem to go down the second hand route, think mine came off a triumph, there is a list somewhere

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 9:03 pm
by Wicky
MOSFET Regulator/Rectifiers - The Why & The How > http://www.superhawkforum.com/forums/kn ... how-25117/

FH012AA Mosfet new with adapters from USA > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-SHINDE ... 0705241034

or Germany > http://mtp-racing.de/Spannungsregler-SH ... Adapterkit

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 9:19 pm
by popkat
A friend (who also helps at work when there's complicated electrical issues to solve) looked deep into mosfets and found that cheaper ones work similar to normal ones, the best and most expensive are manufactured/come from China, so you could say there's Mosfet and then true Mosfet, I don't know all the details as it took him quite a bit of research to find out.


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Re: what have you done to your

Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 10:13 pm
by Big_Jim59
stuffedit wrote:Beasted the storm round 1 lap of the Nordschleife and then a 15min session on the Nurgburing GP circuit =

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I love what you have done to your tire! I'll bet it was fun.