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Wednesday, 25 December 2013
Monday, 23 December 2013
Krampus
Krampus was the opposite of Saint Nickolas in Germanic folklore. St. Nick would visit the good children with gifts and Krampus visited the bad children. The stories even told that if the children were exceptionally bad Krampus would stuff them into his bag and take them back to his lair. Merry Christmas indeed...
Monday, 16 December 2013
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Sunday, 15 December 2013
Forth BSA
Out and about yesterday I came across
this small bike shop on what passed for the main street in the village of Forth
in South Lanarkshire.
It sells and maintains ATVs, but for
some reason there are three immaculate BSAs sitting in the shop window.
No idea
why they're there, but as they made me stop for a look perhaps that is reason enough.
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Monday, 9 December 2013
Power On
A parcel arrived for me from Germany
this morning (an early Xmas present to myself).
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| adaptor and Denso alternator |
It contained a beautifully made German
adapter
machined to accept a Denso alternator from a Kawaski GPZ/Ninja, and designed to bolt
straight onto my Dnepr MT11 with some minor modification to the existing wiring.
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| adaptor |
I needed a new alternator as part of the
planned electrical upgrade for the bike, but the standard Russian-made G424 alternator has
a reputation of being rather hit-or-miss. It either works or it doesn’t, and
buying a new one from the factory doesn’t always guarantee you one of the ones
that work.
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| old & new side by side |
As I was spending the money anyway, I
decided to spend a little extra and get something a bit more predictable. The
upside is that Kawasaki alternators are rather more readily available than standard
ones should I need more parts in the future.
Now all I have to do is start nailing some of this stuff together in the shed.
Thursday, 5 December 2013
Monday, 2 December 2013
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