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1Back to top Go down   Electrical  Empty Electrical Sun Aug 04, 2024 2:06 am

Ribi

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Hi guys,I'm back again my engine is running good using no speedo cluster..I have modified the hand controls to Honda !I now have lights and indicators but now I need some advice on having some idiot. Lights for oil ,and water and charging that will work the same as in the cluster..
I do have a battery volt metre that raise ,s volts when revving the engine..would this be. Ok to show it's charging ?
Thanks for any help

    

2Back to top Go down   Electrical  Empty Re: Electrical Sun Aug 04, 2024 2:03 pm

Two Wheels Better

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Get yourself one of these BEP 3.0 Instrument Conversion Hub

Click on the blue link above.

As currently, Euro Moto Electrics is out of stock on this component, other sources may have it. Search the forum for many members' threads of those who are using it already. Or simply obtain a strip of coloured LEDs and follow the connections from the original instrument cluster connection and wire in those LEDS as warning lights.


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"How many cars did we pass today?" "ALL of them."
1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '93 K1100RS, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, 2 x '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT
    

3Back to top Go down   Electrical  Empty Re: Electrical Mon Aug 05, 2024 12:52 am

Laitch

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Glad to read you're making progress, Ribi. Cafe4Racer seems to have an unending supply of those BEP boxes.
On the other hand, because you have no instrument cluster, maybe you would want to spring for one of 
these.


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1995 K75 90,000 miles
    

4Back to top Go down   Electrical  Empty Re: Electrical Mon Aug 05, 2024 1:08 am

Two Wheels Better

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I continue to ride my Big Block w/o instruments at all. I do use my Android mobile as a speedometre, clamped into a RAM mount, and charging through a dedicated USB-C connection. 

The only time I've ever had an issue is while riding the four corners of Washington State and not knowing the alternator was eating itself to death (possibly due to a leaking baby bottle cum coolant bottle), leaving me at the roadside diagnosing sh*t with a multimetre, and a phone call made to a mate to come and retrieve my sorry arse. A single red LED warning lamp for the charging system would've sufficed as a fair warning. However, I would still have been by the roadside three hours from home.

BTW, the K bike, unlike an Airhead, does not need a 'trigger lamp' to begin charging, contrary to what you may hear and read.


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"How many cars did we pass today?" "ALL of them."
1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '93 K1100RS, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, 2 x '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT
    

5Back to top Go down   Electrical  Empty Re: Electrical Mon Aug 05, 2024 4:14 am

Jordan53

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Ribi wrote:
I do have a battery volt metre that raise ,s volts when revving the engine..would this be. Ok to show it's charging ?
Yes.
Ignition on, engine stopped: Expect 12 to 13 volts
Engine running: Expect 14 to 15 volts


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1989 K100 RS

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6Back to top Go down   Electrical  Empty Re: Electrical Tue Aug 06, 2024 6:37 am

Ribi

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Many thanks guys I'll get back to it and see what happens 😜

    

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