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Subject: RE: Good Moves, Bad Moves

Author: Gary Cheek

Date: Jul 30, 2001, 4:27 PM

Post ID: 1707697149

Hello Dave,
If you are still planning on using the Dyna module you may want to
provide for bypassing it when it fails. I suggested the same to Tom and
it paid off well. The first payoff was on the way home from Toronto the
second was somewhere in Ohio when it convinced Tom the Dyna was more
liability than asset. If you are using a totally solid state (no contact
breaker) a complete spare assembly is a good idea on trips far from the
home hangar :-).

David Washburn wrote:
 
Tom Bowes wrote:> Bad Moves:
 
1) Putting a Dyna ignition module on the bike. I hid the thing up under

the tank, mounted to the top tube

Ouch, that is just where I put mine! I will test to see If I have the
same problem once I get it going.

 3) Routing the harness for the rear fender through the hole at the front

of the fender. It left just enough of a "gooseneck" in the wiring for
the admittedly oversized 120/90-18 rear tire to rub right through part
of the harness.

Ouch, Ouch! I did the same thing and it seems like the wire is a little

short to the taillight. I guess I will go back and reroute it as I am
running the same tires you are.

 4) The Dunlop K-177 front, when used on the rear, shows significant wear

after only 2400 miles. I may be able to run it for 6000 miles, but I'll

be surprised if it goes any beyond that.

I can live with that kind of mileage as I will be running two bikes. I
doubt I will need a new rear more than once a year and that is O.K.


Thanks for the report Tom. I am trying to get motorvated Eldo style for

the MD Loopframe Rally. I got some stuff done in the garage today
including Tapping and nevr-seezing all the threads in the heads (22 if
you are counting) mounting the carbs and K&N's and finishing up the
wiring on the DYNA. I made a cool little "Y" harness that holds two
diodes in between the coils and the Tach (electric Y'know). Hopefully
this will allow the SP motor to read out normally with the Eldo Tach. I

need to finish well in advance of the rally because I want to break the
bike in on my normal commuting schedule. I would hate to be taking a
green motor to a rally.

David in NYC



Gary Cheek

1971 Ambassador
1972 Eldorado

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