Why do I need a battery?
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I called GNH Cycles about it a couple of days ago. The delay was caused by the requirement of the positive post being on the right side. Still, it is hard to excuse unanswered emails etc.
That being said, I spent the day at my parents house today and when I got home I found a package with the battery in it.
I will make a new thread with the details of the battery install, cable upgrade installation, etc.
I am excited to finally be able to ride my bike after I get everything done tomorrow.
It's a 24 cell lithium ion battery with 720 cranking amps. Between that and the 2 gauge cables, the old Heritage should fire right up.
That being said, I spent the day at my parents house today and when I got home I found a package with the battery in it.
I will make a new thread with the details of the battery install, cable upgrade installation, etc.
I am excited to finally be able to ride my bike after I get everything done tomorrow.
It's a 24 cell lithium ion battery with 720 cranking amps. Between that and the 2 gauge cables, the old Heritage should fire right up.
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Simple answer is still, "because you cannot run an Evo without (a charging) one" as I found trying to bump start a Road King on my own.
Do they still make kicker/magneto set ups for Evos? I could see myself wanting to make a super lightweight, stripped to the bone Evo one day.
I remember seeing 4 speed kick or kickstart conversions a while back ...
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Great answer. Really appreciated.
Simple answer is still, "because you cannot run an Evo without (a charging) one" as I found trying to bump start a Road King on my own.
Do they still make kicker/magneto set ups for Evos? I could see myself wanting to make a super lightweight, stripped to the bone Evo one day.
I remember seeing 4 speed kick or kickstart conversions a while back ...
Simple answer is still, "because you cannot run an Evo without (a charging) one" as I found trying to bump start a Road King on my own.
Do they still make kicker/magneto set ups for Evos? I could see myself wanting to make a super lightweight, stripped to the bone Evo one day.
I remember seeing 4 speed kick or kickstart conversions a while back ...
My question is to the initiated, when does a kicker stop being the only way to start a bike? I mean this, at what size in ci, compression, etc does this start becoming way too difficult?
I saw the Billy Lane bbo and it never showed him successfully kicking the bike to life.they started it on a dyno. The bike was a s&s 124 with a Baker 6 + kicker. I guess if you had a Morris Magneto that produces a hot spark on just about any movement then maybe. Maybe!
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Originally Posted by Tee⋁14578514
My question is to the initiated, when does a kicker stop being the only way to start a bike? I mean this, at what size in ci, compression, etc does this start becoming way too difficult?
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Used to have a '79 XLCH with a S&S 12:1 motor with big cams and a mag. My 135 lb wife used to kick start it but when it was hot it was a real bugger and sometimes took 10-15 minutes to get it fired. The mag had a impulse coupling on it so if it went thru a compression stroke it fired the plugs. You'd hear the impulse coupling snap even kicking it over slow.
HD, thanks for the battery explaining too. I printed it out.
Tom
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