Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
Mine claims 240.
Whatever I suggest here should be given ample time for a moderator to delicately correct. I apologize in advance.
77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
"Continuing education is important even if the subject matter is fairly useless (as in this case)."---Greg Foresi
77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
"Continuing education is important even if the subject matter is fairly useless (as in this case)."---Greg Foresi
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
I went with the 270.
The dimensions were right and I knew a 210 acid battery would crank some.
https://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic ... 30#p343530
The dimensions were right and I knew a 210 acid battery would crank some.
https://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic ... 30#p343530
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
In one of the original posts there is a pic of a 3-button M-Button? I can't find this on the Motogadget site or Revival
Where did you get that?
Where did you get that?
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
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1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
Glad to report everything is finished. Now I'm having a different issue. The horn honks randomly, and the turn signals flash once in a while. My thought is EMI, but I have resistor plugs and resistor wires.. Going to work on isolating the issue tomorrow. The M-button wire may be too close to the coils, my first guess.
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1978 Learning Experience
1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
---- Bradshaw Bikes custom polishing for your wing. Visit us on facebook!
1978 Learning Experience
1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
Pics when you have a chance!
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
Your results are lovely and the extra functions are novel but the M-Unit is billed as simple--none of this looks simple to me. Great job.
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
Discovered the issue was with the electrician... found a crimped wire in the handlebar, under once of the M-switches. It was making intermittent ground. Exactly why I like the unit. It was telling me this all along. As for simple, I don't know how it could be any easier. The difficult part was understanding how the ignition works on the wing. For some folks that is probably easy, but until now, I had never really tackled it. Watch the Revival cycle video in wiring an munit. It takes him all of 15 minutes to completely wire a bike. I also had a few extras that made it interesting, driving lights requiring a relay, and a mega amp horn requiring the same. So here are a couple pictures before I wrap the harness up and call this done. Everything works perfectly, a project well worth getting rid of 35 year old wiring and all the mods that had been done to it.
A few pics below.
A few pics below.
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1978 Learning Experience
1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
---- Bradshaw Bikes custom polishing for your wing. Visit us on facebook!
1978 Learning Experience
1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
I can confirm that the 210 CCA lithium battery works well. Not a lot of back up, but the bike is tuned properly and fires right up.
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1978 Learning Experience
1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
---- Bradshaw Bikes custom polishing for your wing. Visit us on facebook!
1978 Learning Experience
1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
Super, if your's does it at just @ 210 rating then mine will definitely have no issues. Mine is rated @ 320.
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
Nice!
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1978 Learning Experience
1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
---- Bradshaw Bikes custom polishing for your wing. Visit us on facebook!
1978 Learning Experience
1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
Interesting find on EarthX website
This might explain some problems some are having with these LiFePo4 batts.Whatever I suggest here should be given ample time for a moderator to delicately correct. I apologize in advance.
77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
"Continuing education is important even if the subject matter is fairly useless (as in this case)."---Greg Foresi
77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
"Continuing education is important even if the subject matter is fairly useless (as in this case)."---Greg Foresi
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
Yup, I installed the Mosfet rectifier last year to help with Stator longevity. I checked the Voltage output and it is regulating the voltage at a very steady 12.85.
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1978 Learning Experience
1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
---- Bradshaw Bikes custom polishing for your wing. Visit us on facebook!
1978 Learning Experience
1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
I think 12.85 may be low. LiFePo4 batteries are 13.2 resting minimum and as suggested above should be 13.8-14.4. Mine was low like that (12.8) with the relay in place. It slowly would run down and die on me. I mean slow as in a couple weeks, short trips every day. I pulled the relay and it now charges a steady 14.4-14.8. Funny thing is, the more I rev it the lower the voltage is at the battery. Maybe PowerArc coils pull more juice??
12.85 for lead acid is still charging because lead acid is 6*2.1v = 12.6v , but for LiFePo4, 4*3.3v = 13.2v. You'll have to watch it and see how it does.
It was cool this morning, 26F. I'm sure it was warmer in the garage, but my battery was 14.2 before touching anything. I kill the bike and spin the starter a bit for oil lube, but also for the battery to get going. It cranks very slow and dropped to 7-9 volts while cranking. Turn the key off and its back to 12.4 just about instantly and climbs to the 13's in just one minute. Kill switch off and it fires right up, voltage in the 13's steadily climbing to 14 in 1-2 minutes. They don't like the cold.
While messing with that I noticed a fuel leak from my inlet tube. Must have shrunk up over winter. Wasn't a total waste of time.
12.85 for lead acid is still charging because lead acid is 6*2.1v = 12.6v , but for LiFePo4, 4*3.3v = 13.2v. You'll have to watch it and see how it does.
It was cool this morning, 26F. I'm sure it was warmer in the garage, but my battery was 14.2 before touching anything. I kill the bike and spin the starter a bit for oil lube, but also for the battery to get going. It cranks very slow and dropped to 7-9 volts while cranking. Turn the key off and its back to 12.4 just about instantly and climbs to the 13's in just one minute. Kill switch off and it fires right up, voltage in the 13's steadily climbing to 14 in 1-2 minutes. They don't like the cold.
While messing with that I noticed a fuel leak from my inlet tube. Must have shrunk up over winter. Wasn't a total waste of time.
Whatever I suggest here should be given ample time for a moderator to delicately correct. I apologize in advance.
77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
"Continuing education is important even if the subject matter is fairly useless (as in this case)."---Greg Foresi
77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
"Continuing education is important even if the subject matter is fairly useless (as in this case)."---Greg Foresi
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Re: Always trying new things.. Motogadget M-Unit
I meant 13.85.. whoops
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1978 Learning Experience
1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
---- Bradshaw Bikes custom polishing for your wing. Visit us on facebook!
1978 Learning Experience
1980 County Road Hauler "Brain Damage"
1978 Cafe Custom Gl1000 "Vyper"
1977 Bulldog Inspired "Vaincre"
1981 Street Fighter GL1100 "No Quarter"
1983 Supercharged Street Drag "Anubis" (in worx)
1983 gl1100 mint restoration "Kristen"
1985 Aspencade..pondering.
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