On 01/25/2011 05:34 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 25 January 2011 10:16, Mark Wendt<mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil> wrote: > > >> Great Scott! What did you do to that poor thing? ;-) >> > I am not sure. All I noticed was that the battery wasn't charging. No > idea how long I rode it with an engine full of bits of magnets. > > My best guess is that the problem was caused by the starter motor, > which had lost a commutator segment and which gears to the back of the > magnet drum. > > Yamaha had no ideas at all. > > The bike it still running well 15,000 miles later (total 75,000 miles, > which is quite a lot for a Yamaha R1 :-)
I don't think I've ever seen an alternator grenade like that before. Not even a hint of the magical smoke dissipating? Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
