Re: GTS1000 on MicroSquirt running MSExtra
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:59 am
Bike charging systems, that's a well deserving aspect of these projects. When I bought my bike years ago, I was unaware of how pityful the stock BMW front crank mounted Bosch system was, and learned the hard way (with stuff like small jumper cables in tow on my first long trip back before mods started). Even @ 280watts fully functional, normal diode board degredation and lower rpm usage would kill a battery under average usage about town.
Then I fit a 900watt Mitsubishi alternator to the front of the boxer engine on a shive drive not so different to how BMW changed their modern machines, that has certainly helped in adding fuel injection, even carrying a lap top, as well the welder (just kidding). I have a 400watt invertor onboard during tuning runs to take the lap top battery component out of the equation, and with all systems running the dead idle bike voltage never drops below the 13.8 that it develops @ speed. Actually the invertor may become standard equipment as in my search for small ultra high pressure (above 200psi at flow) water pumps, I find the 120vac piston style to be emerging as best ( for a water injection system which joins the parade this winter).
I seem to have moved far away from the original promo phrase for the airhead product, which was "Simple by Choice".
Then I fit a 900watt Mitsubishi alternator to the front of the boxer engine on a shive drive not so different to how BMW changed their modern machines, that has certainly helped in adding fuel injection, even carrying a lap top, as well the welder (just kidding). I have a 400watt invertor onboard during tuning runs to take the lap top battery component out of the equation, and with all systems running the dead idle bike voltage never drops below the 13.8 that it develops @ speed. Actually the invertor may become standard equipment as in my search for small ultra high pressure (above 200psi at flow) water pumps, I find the 120vac piston style to be emerging as best ( for a water injection system which joins the parade this winter).
I seem to have moved far away from the original promo phrase for the airhead product, which was "Simple by Choice".