Battery Eliminator?

i ordered one from them. looks like a quality part. bikes not currently running, but as soon as I get a chance to use it, i'll let you know.
 
I was thinking the same thing for my cb350 but was told with all the stop start city driving I do it would not be reliable enough.
 
With a good charging system, hot coils and updated ignition, it will be just as reliable as anything else. Really the only thing worth noting is that it will be kick only, your lights may or may not flicker and your horn will sound a little wonky.
 
awesome, I'll wait to hear from ya.

anybody else actually have a capacitor installed and running on a kick-start street bike?
 
thanks for the insight MB and Bryan.

Bryan, I'm not doubting any of your statement, but what brings you to believe the stock ignition components aren't sufficient?
 
I didn't mean to imply that they weren't. As long as everything electrical is working as it should, a good cap is all you'll need. But on 30+ year old bikes it can be hit or miss. And in my case it was a miss. ;)
 
Re: Re: Battery Eliminator?

maverik said:
awesome, I'll wait to hear from ya.

anybody else actually have a capacitor installed and running on a kick-start street bike?
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Yep, both equipped with Oregon motorcycle reg/rec with zero problems. Cb360 and cb125 upgraded to a cb360 stator.

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MB said:
I was thinking the same thing for my cb350 but was told with all the stop start city driving I do it would not be reliable enough.
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From my understanding you should be fine in the city you may just need to rev a little at longer stops if you think your lights are flickering or dimming.
 
I seem to remeber almost everyone that tried to run a CAP in lue of a battery had issues keeping lights and spark at the same time for very long...

why not just run a small battery?
have you gone though the electrical system to know everything is working 100%?
Also the bike running well enough to really want to off the electric starter?
 
In my case I just like kickstarting a bike, it looks cooler. I will run a small battery if I really have problems after trying the cap.
1. If you go through the electrical system and test everything you can, while systematically eliminating the devices you wont need, and maintaing a good ground. The electrical system shouldn't be an issue.
2. Trying to eliminate all unnecessary/ unwanted clutter is the way some people want to go with their builds, to each their own.
3. If successfully working its pretty rad to have a bike that doesn't have a battery.
 
surffly said:
why not just run a small battery?
have you gone though the electrical system to know everything is working 100%?
Also the bike running well enough to really want to off the electric starter?
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i'd have to fabricate a battery tray under the cowl to run a smaller battery, when i can just mount the cap under the existing brace and still have it be hidden. the bike kicks to life within a few kicks and i've ridden it for about a 100 miles about 5-10 miles at a time (the bike isn't insured yet so i don't want to go too far from home :-X ) and the charging system seems to be working properly although i haven't taken a multimeter to any of it yet.


danmpls, i like your mentality... if the cap works, great!... if not, battery it is!
 
and surffly, i'm unaware of what type of cap the people you knew were using, but apparently this one from Oregon Motorcycle Parts has almost 3 times the capacitance than most caps used in the past.
 
Honestly i dont know what caps people were using.

But you need to run the bike though out the rev range with the lights working to know for sure.
 
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