have you met him?

have you ridden with him?
I wouldn't recommend riding with him.....unless you want to go for a really SLOOOOW sunday drive.....

have you repaired his bike??//

the tangent was to see how he is doing....finding a new job
weird that his job was outsourced......probably to india also..... :x

i can't hate the guy.....he's silly :mrgreen:

Quote from: werase643have you met him?

have you ridden with him?
I wouldn't recommend riding with him.....unless you want to go for a really SLOOOOW sunday drive.....

have you repaired his bike??//

the tangent was to see how he is doing....finding a new job
weird that his job was outsourced......probably to india also..... :x

i can't hate the guy.....he's silly :mrgreen:

yeah I've met him... haven't ridden with him... cause I didn't want to wake his baby... lol...







I'm assuming it's sarcasm then...

yeah, pretty much.... :mrgreen:

Here's another thread begging for the stator tester dgyver and I discussed on my project thread. When it comes to OFF THE BIKE (non-operational) TESTS, the ohm test will never tell you if the stator is anything other than wired, shorted, or open. It would take hundreds of feet of wire to show anything other than a few ohms. Srinath rewound one, once, and swore never to do it again.

This is an AC device and a better STATIC indication would be inductance between the windings.  An LRC meter (L for inductance, R for resistance, C for capacitance - yeah I know "L" and "I" are not the same - most values are named after dead Europeans - and to top it off, inductance is measured in Henrys! Henry was American!) would provide a different slant on this question. It would tell you if the number of coils of wire has changed as compared to a new one.

Some of the new DMMs (digital multi meter) have inductance and capacitance capability but I haven't tried one on a stator yet. The actual inductance may not be within the range of the meter.

Without the previous, I think the output @ RPM into a known good load (electrical stuff) is the only way to check it. That's what a mechanic does with his meter on a car. (I will be adding scope waveforms of the stator output and the rectifier/regulator output to my project thread once the engine is running.) These are DYNAMIC tests.

As always, check the easy things first. Poor connections, battery water, etc. Unless you know the bike has never been wet, assume the previous owners kept it in a pool full of swamp water and alligators. Look for ugly stuff in plugs and hiding places.

Did I ever mention I hate wire nuts on motorcycles? (They taste awful with beer  :lol: )

Well I haven't got a job yet. It wasn't outsourced ... it went to a fleet manager and they have fleet guys doing it now. Their app was phased out and ours was going to take over. Anyway its live app support, no on in their right mind will do it for too long. They have a slow period from Nov to Mid jan. Soon they are going to ramp up again and it will be relentless. I am pretty sure I'd jump back in if I haven't gotten somehitng better.
Yea I aint working in a motorcycle shop, they all know me and they hate me ... besides I evidently cant drill 3 matching holes in a steel plate evidently.
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Srinath.

They hate me at the local Suzuki dealer too...Aurora Suzuki, for all you Seattlites out there....It all started when I told them that I wanted to jet my own bike(they wanted $250 :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: )...then it escalated when I told them that people were having great success with 150, 40, 3, and they said "no way, it'll run way too rich" and I said "not with stock needles and a shim"....They hate it when you challenge their expertise but how can you argue with Srinath?  He tried every combination possible.  :lol:

Then when I had them swap some rubber they found a nail in a tire and I told them that I would run it with a plug and they said I was crazy.  They just wanted to sell me a new tire...Haha, I showed them...

Then they sold me the wrong pilots and I asked them if they sell people the wrong stuff for a living?  Just kidding...but that would have been funny...bold, but funny...


I assume that you, Srinath, got them to hate you thru pretty similar experiences.    

Yea That and measuring stuff on an 04 ... and yea I throw a fit everytime they dont have some of the common parts in stock ... like main jets ...
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