In this video we move a little closer to finishing this bike up. I go over some electric information, and we try to start the bike for the first time using it's own fuel supply.
Beautiful - to start it, kick it over to the compression cycle and give it a big jump.my tank leaked, 30 years ago I drained it, and layered it with denim and superglue.. was a bodge and not recommended.. that tappet noise is normal.
Is the ampage thing anything to do with the bike originally running 6volts then when they changed to 12 volt the handbook wasn't updated, i am trying to get a matchless G2 back on the road and the manuals and handbooks are rubbish.
No. The Brits just rated their fuses different than we did/do. It's easy to figure out what fuse to run. Add up all the watts the bike will use. EG...Headlight is 60 watts on high beam, taillight 20watts, warning lights 2watts, pilot light 5 watts. The lights are a total of 90 watts (2 warning lights on my bike). Equation is Amps=watts/volts. So since by bike is 12 volts - 90/12=7.5amps. Then add about 2 amps for points ignition system, the horn is neglible since it is just momentary. That brings you to a total of about 9.5 amps. So you could use a 10 amp fuse. If you have turnsignals and an electric starter than you have to figure how much extra current they draw as well. The same example above on a 6 volt bike would be about 17 amps, so you would probably run a 20 amp fuse. Hope that helps.
It's awesome to hear it running on it's own. I'm looking forward to the test ride!
Thanks Jon. I'm looking forward to the test ride as well.
@@RobsRidesPA Right on!
Just gonna run out to the shop and swap out that 30amp fuse..Thanks!
Glad I was able to help.
Beautiful - to start it, kick it over to the compression cycle and give it a big jump.my tank leaked, 30 years ago I drained it, and layered it with denim and superglue.. was a bodge and not recommended..
that tappet noise is normal.
Is the ampage thing anything to do with the bike originally running 6volts then when they changed to 12 volt the handbook wasn't updated, i am trying to get a matchless G2 back on the road and the manuals and handbooks are rubbish.
No. The Brits just rated their fuses different than we did/do. It's easy to figure out what fuse to run. Add up all the watts the bike will use. EG...Headlight is 60 watts on high beam, taillight 20watts, warning lights 2watts, pilot light 5 watts. The lights are a total of 90 watts (2 warning lights on my bike). Equation is Amps=watts/volts. So since by bike is 12 volts - 90/12=7.5amps. Then add about 2 amps for points ignition system, the horn is neglible since it is just momentary. That brings you to a total of about 9.5 amps. So you could use a 10 amp fuse. If you have turnsignals and an electric starter than you have to figure how much extra current they draw as well.
The same example above on a 6 volt bike would be about 17 amps, so you would probably run a 20 amp fuse.
Hope that helps.