Monthly Archives: February 2004

Valenica! (no spoilers)

Posted on February 29, 2004 by carolyn

Guess what I’m doing! I’m sitting on my couch, eating pepperoni pizza, drinking beer, and watching the first SBK race of the season. *happy sigh* Maybe this year, it won’t just be The Ducati Show. SBK was boring as hell … Continue reading →

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Testing electrics

Posted on February 27, 2004 by carolyn

I found this flowchart online, which seems to be a really good electrical troubleshooting flowchart. I printed it out and headed to the garage. I did all of the current tests, voltage tests, stator tests, and voltage regulator tests. The … Continue reading →

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I need to learn japanese.

Posted on February 27, 2004 by carolyn

So, because motorcycles were put upon this earth solely to make me batty, the damn SVS started right up with its own battery this time. Battery sitting innocently in motorcycle (not running): 13.3V Motorcycle idling at 1200 RPM: 14.1V Motorcycle … Continue reading →

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Ruling out the battery.

Posted on February 27, 2004 by carolyn

I’m working at home today, and am about to rebuild some code, which takes about 30 minutes. I did some research into the SVS’s electrical woes last night, and while my code is chugging along, I’m going to go out … Continue reading →

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Rarrrr!

Posted on February 25, 2004 by carolyn

I just finished charging up the new battery and realized that I was one teensy tiny letter off in the Yuasa code when I bought the battery. The damn thing is about a half-centimeter too tall to fit in the … Continue reading →

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