Dear wise men,
I run an off-road business and we use 8 husabergs, all 2004 models.
The last half year or so I am burning lighting coils at a fairly high rate and I start to wonder if I might be doing wrong.
I don't bother anymore to fix the the front & rear lights. especially on the rear there's no point. The armature soils up after each ride and very often the bulb explodes when in contact with water.
So the only thing the generator has to do is keep the battery charged.
Could it be that on the bikes with no light there's a short cut because the rear lights are all soiled up with dirt?
Average outside temperatures are 15ºC in winter time and up to 30ºC in summertime. I don't think it has any connection to the problem.
As a side remark.
Once I had a very unusable thing happening: the coil was burned and generated a braking effect. the bike became sluggish and the coil heated up so much that the clutch oil got a vapor lock!
I remembered what I learned in my younger years ť trucks have sometimes a retarder installed especially in mountainous areas. It's a electrical device and it generates a braking effect.
And sure enough, I took off all copper wire and the bike ran normal again.
The ignition coils have never given me any troubles.
OK any input is highly appreciated,
Adriaan
I run an off-road business and we use 8 husabergs, all 2004 models.
The last half year or so I am burning lighting coils at a fairly high rate and I start to wonder if I might be doing wrong.
I don't bother anymore to fix the the front & rear lights. especially on the rear there's no point. The armature soils up after each ride and very often the bulb explodes when in contact with water.
So the only thing the generator has to do is keep the battery charged.
Could it be that on the bikes with no light there's a short cut because the rear lights are all soiled up with dirt?
Average outside temperatures are 15ºC in winter time and up to 30ºC in summertime. I don't think it has any connection to the problem.
As a side remark.
Once I had a very unusable thing happening: the coil was burned and generated a braking effect. the bike became sluggish and the coil heated up so much that the clutch oil got a vapor lock!
I remembered what I learned in my younger years ť trucks have sometimes a retarder installed especially in mountainous areas. It's a electrical device and it generates a braking effect.
And sure enough, I took off all copper wire and the bike ran normal again.
The ignition coils have never given me any troubles.
OK any input is highly appreciated,
Adriaan
