The battery in this one is so bad that it drains all the power the alternator can produce... It'll go about 5 miles before it quits. New battery is ordered and should be in today. Which is good, I've been commuting with my wife's '89 Kawasaki 454 LTD which is REALLY small. I'm very saddle sore.
-Curt --- On Tue, 9/2/08, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Best fix ever To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 10:33 PM My first bike ('62 BMW R69S) had a magneto for ignition - didn't know if the battery was good till you needed the head light -- kind of like a Diesel MB, except that you can't kick start the MB. On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:40 PM, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did I mention fixing the starter in my pickup the other day? > > My wife and I had gone for a motorcycle ride which lasted until the bike quit (out of electricity) about 2 miles from home. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." -Benjamin Disraeli, popularized by Mark Twain '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ' '81 240D (Gramps), '97 Ply Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go) _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com