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by sarals
Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:32 am
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: What a concept - A Girl Bringing Back Her 1966 Super Hawk
Replies: 991
Views: 437245

Thanks, Graham! I've been so busy, the bike has been on a back burner. I'll definitely do that, though.
by sarals
Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:27 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: popular necklaces Design
Replies: 0
Views: 2348

Spam, spam, spam, spam! Monty Python song about spam. Remove your spam, please.
by sarals
Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:12 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Saying Hi!
Replies: 2
Views: 2835

Saying Hi!

Ed called me a week or so ago, and we had a lovely conversation! It was so good to hear from him. I promised I'd stop into the forum and say hi everyone else, and here I am! I'm a bit later than I promised, but I've been very, very busy. The news? The Old Girl sits under a cover in my garage waiting...
by sarals
Fri Oct 06, 2017 2:48 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: What a concept - A Girl Bringing Back Her 1966 Super Hawk
Replies: 991
Views: 437245

I borrowed an RMS VOM and measured voltage at the battery and the output of the Podtronics. 12.6 VDC, rising to 12.7 VDC at 4000 RPM. I think it works!
by sarals
Tue Oct 03, 2017 11:12 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: What a concept - A Girl Bringing Back Her 1966 Super Hawk
Replies: 991
Views: 437245

I wonder if this qualifies as a "DOH!"? Item Number 10 on the Podtronics instructions says "Note for techies. If you try to measure the output of the Podtronics it will read around 11 Volts. This is because the output is pulsing DC and your meter will read average and not peak." I need to put an amm...
by sarals
Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:22 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: What a concept - A Girl Bringing Back Her 1966 Super Hawk
Replies: 991
Views: 437245

Graham, I DO have to tie that pink wire to one of the other legs from the alternator! I haven't done that yet. To answer your question about the battery dying? It does, after an hour or so, the battery is too low to start the bike. I wish you could come and cast eyes on this thing for me, too! What ...
by sarals
Mon Oct 02, 2017 3:42 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: What a concept - A Girl Bringing Back Her 1966 Super Hawk
Replies: 991
Views: 437245

Graham, I have an entirely different alternator in the bike. I replaced the rotor with a high magnetism rotor and the stator with a pristine piece I found on eBay. The voltage readings are identical to what I saw with the original rotor and stator assembly. That causes me to think that either the ba...




 

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