| 1150GS Jumper Cable Post |
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| This modification can be done for under $30 and will make it possible to jump start the bike without going through the headache of accessing the battery underneath the gas tank. |
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| Choosing Auxillary Lights for your Motorcycle |
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| The terms Beam Angle and Field Angle are two commonly used terms for describing a lights output. Knowing what those terms mean is important when you are selecting a light that's right for your application. |
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| Clearing BMW ABS errors |
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| ABS1 was only used on older K bikes. A fault is indicated by the ABS light and the bulb monitor flashing in unison. The bulb monitor will be on continuously until the system has verified operation of both brake switches and both bulb filaments (taill |
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| Electrical Troubleshooting |
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| Electrical problems can pop up at any time and can seem hard to fix but they really aren't. Most of the time, anyway. Most everything can be "Proved" (tested) with an |
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| Fuse Block Installation |
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| There are two popular ways of wiring up accessories to your bike and variations of each of them depending on who you talk to. |
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| How much extra electricity do you have? |
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| So exactly how many "gee-whiz" pieces of electronics will your bike power? Well that depends on a few variables. Basically, your bikes excess electrical capacity is the alternators charging output minus the common operating load. Usually these number |
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| Power Distribution Install |
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| Anyone that's owned a bike and added a few Farkles (gadgets) to their bike knows that sometimes the hardest thing to do is find a good power and ground source. This task becomes more and more daunting as bikes are designed with more and more plas |
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| Time to start the clean up |
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| At the 2005 Iron Butt national meet Warchild talked about having a properly prepared bike. It got me thinking bout how I had my bike set up. Wiring for my driving lights not in looms, cables zip tied to frame structures but not properly protected, an |
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| Using a relay for your accessories |
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| When wiring up accessories and fuse blocks to your bike you have a couple of choices. You can wire them up so that they are fed straight from the battery and are on all the time, or you can wire them up with |
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