Charging system/voltage light

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • strom
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Jul 2002
    • 1577
    • Slovenia, EU

    #1

    Charging system/voltage light

    Anybody installed the thing on a standard... mine hasn't any and with these old bikes I'd like to know when to turn the lights off before I get stranded in the middle of nowhere...

    LP
    If it doesn't have an engine, it's not a sport, it's only a game.
    (stole that one from I-dont-know-who)
  • oldnortonrider
    XStremely XSive
    • Jul 2002
    • 448
    • Fayetteville, ARkansas 72701

    #2
    On mine, I rigged up, several years back, an inline cigarette lighter
    holder, and mounted it up around the headlight assembly. I have
    a plug-in voltage read gauge, that moves back and forth, and around, shows all, tells all. Gauge is better, than just a light.
    I have a gauge on my car, too. Have rigged up the same type of
    holder with alligator clips, can be used on any kind of contraption.
    I have a separate, ON/OFF, toggle, for my headlights, on XS, also.
    JCarltonRiggs

    81XS1100SH; WorkingMotorcycle,Not For Show,DeletedFairing,SportsterHL,
    7ยฝ gal. Kaw Concours gastank,1972 Wixom Bros. bags

    79XS1100F; ?Parts?, or to Restore?

    Comment

    • strom
      XS-XJ Guru
      • Jul 2002
      • 1577
      • Slovenia, EU

      #3
      XSellent idea... just have to find a gague...
      I had a cig. plug in mind for a phone charger...

      LP
      If it doesn't have an engine, it's not a sport, it's only a game.
      (stole that one from I-dont-know-who)

      Comment

      • nashville_bill
        XSive Maximus
        • Jul 2002
        • 605
        • Nashville, TN

        #4
        I installed a Radio Shack tester on my XS650. No reason why it wouldn't work on an XS11. See the article at:

        Bill Murrin
        Nashville, TN
        1981 XS1100SH "Kick in the Ass"
        1981 XS650SH "Numb in the Ass"
        2005 DL1000 V-Strom "WOW"
        2005 FJR1300 Newest ride
        1993 ST1100 "For Sale $2,700" (Sold)
        2005 Ninja 250 For Sale $2,000 1100 miles

        Comment

        • sixtysix
          No XS but XSive as can be!
          • Jun 2002
          • 1958
          • Central New York State

          #5
          This one is available through the Sears automotive catalog, I think Master Ho turned me on to it. Can be put in any cigarette lighter and has LED's for high, normal, and low.



          Gary Granger
          Remember, we are the caretakers of mechanical art.
          2013 Suzuki DR650SE, 2009 Kawasaki Concours 1400, 2003 Aprilia RSV Mille Tuono

          Comment

          Working...