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  • #1

    Who needs a DMM?

    If you do, HF's got 'em on sale for $2.49. It's an indispensable item for diagnosing those pesky wiring problems. I'm sure it's not super duper NASA approved accurate, but I'm also sure it's plenty close enough for our purposes. And hey - it's two dollars and forty-nine cents! Get 'em while they're hot.



    This member is not affiliated with Harbor Freight - even if it seems like it sometimes .
    I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

    '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines
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    Heck they even had them for free a month or so ago. I have like 5 of them in my garage in the packages. Break one toss it and grab a new one!
    Nathan
    KD9ARL

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    1978 XS1100E
    K&N Filter
    #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
    OEM Exhaust
    ATK Fork Brace
    LED Dash lights
    Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
    Green Monster Coils
    SS Brake Lines
    Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

    In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

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    • #3
      Free's good. Free's in my price range. If you pay for it with change you found in the couch, does that count as free ?
      I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

      '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines

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      • #4
        Originally posted by dbeardslee View Post
        Free\'s good. Free\'s in my price range. If you pay for it with change you found in the couch, does that count as free ?
        Sure! I look at it as though its money you didnt know that you had, so it really doesnt count when you spend it!
        Nathan
        KD9ARL

        μολὼν λαβέ

        1978 XS1100E
        K&N Filter
        #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
        OEM Exhaust
        ATK Fork Brace
        LED Dash lights
        Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
        Green Monster Coils
        SS Brake Lines
        Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

        In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

        Theodore Roosevelt

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        • #5
          Originally posted by dbeardslee View Post
          If you do, HF's got 'em on sale for $2.49. It's an indispensable item for diagnosing those pesky wiring problems. I'm sure it's not super duper NASA approved accurate, but I'm also sure it's plenty close enough for our purposes. And hey - it's two dollars and forty-nine cents! Get 'em while they're hot. - - -
          Hi Doug,
          you gotta watch those el-cheapo multimeters. Not the accuracy so much as the scale ranges. A bargain meter I bought one time had DC Voltage scales of 0 to 10 and 0 to 50. Try looking for the difference between 12.2V and 13.5V on a 0 to 50V scale that's +/- 5% of full scale reading. Or looking for the 2 Ohm difference between good and bad on it's only resistance scale of 0 to 1,000 Ohms.
          Fred Hill, S'toon
          XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
          "The Flying Pumpkin"

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          • #6
            Originally posted by fredintoon View Post
            Hi Doug,
            you gotta watch those el-cheapo multimeters. Not the accuracy so much as the scale ranges. A bargain meter I bought one time had DC Voltage scales of 0 to 10 and 0 to 50. Try looking for the difference between 12.2V and 13.5V on a 0 to 50V scale that's +/- 5% of full scale reading. Or looking for the 2 Ohm difference between good and bad on it's only resistance scale of 0 to 1,000 Ohms.
            I had the same experience with an analog multimeter, except its ranges were 10V and 200V. Not much good. I think it was about $3 on sale at Canadian Tire, so I'm not going to loose too much sleep over it.
            '80 SG with motor from a '82 XJ

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            • #7
              Here's the ranges listed for this one:

              DC-A: 0-200µ A-2000µ A-20mA-200mA
              Resistance: 0-200-2000-20K-200K-2000K ohm
              DC-V: 0-200mV-2000mV-20V-200V-1000V
              AC-V: 0-200-750V
              I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

              '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines

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              • #8
                Let me know if you ever see a low-budget digital tachometer for sale. I think that would be a great tool when doing a "colur tune by ear" sequence when you're listening for that very slight sound change as the rpms change a few revs up or down.
                Ken Talbot

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                • #9
                  I saw this one on sale about six months ago for $20 IIRC. It's usually $30. It's the contact variety, but it seems like it would be easy enough to hold it up to the center of the timing plate. Course it's times like those when I think maybe I should have had kids - I understand they make really good work holders . I had the same thought you did about using one to set carbs, and the resolution on this one looks pretty good - accuracy down to 1 rpm. Probably a lot more accurate than trying to use the electronic variety that read rpms from the high tension wires. I'll let you know if I see it on sale again.

                  I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

                  '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines

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