The Chopper Compendium

http://www.v-twinforum.com/forums/evolu ... ost3973066

Click on the St. Charles link in post #16.

cool resource, thanks

hansgoudzwaard wrote:You know the phrase " holy monkeyboots? Hi Max good to see you.

Apparently??.........nice motor hanz.....

Thanks. I should have the charging system waiting for me when I get home. Going to look at some recycle parts today.

Going to clean it up some more and paint it flat black again.

which system did you choose?
was it spendy?

There are other cheaper setups; I took the compu-fire. It was recommended by Dave on CW.

In Canadian $ it came to about $280.00 inc. delivery.

sounds reasonable for quality.
been a long time since I researched this, but I remember Compufire having good reviews.

Apparently the OE shorts to ground when the battery is fully charged.
The way compu-fire works sounds like a better system.

sorry, you said charging system, but for some reason I was thinking electronic firing.

Didn't realize companies were making charging systems.

I had problems with the OE stator magnets myself, on a trip from Cal to New Mexico.
Had a hard tail wind, started feeling some very slight difference in something, wasn't sure what was going on.
After awhile, it kept happening more frequently, so I exited at Palm Springs and found the dealer.

That was about 1994, bike was relatively new (1991), and they worked for hours before diagnosing it as a battery.
I took off, got a mile, same thing.
Went right back. They wound up working on it for at least an hour or two past quitting time, but got it right finally.
The magnets had just started to come off, only a couple so far, and the trouble was intermittent. That's why it was hard to troubleshoot.

I wound up getting another new stator years later for different reasons.

railroad bob wrote:sorry, you said charging system, but for some reason I was thinking electronic firing................ They wound up working on it for at least an hour or two past quitting time, but got it right finally..........
The magnets had just started to come off, only a couple so far, and the trouble was intermittent. That's why it was hard to troubleshoot......I wound up getting another new stator years later for different reasons.

I thought so when you mentioned Crane HI-4. I don't know what is in this evo but I don't think it is Crane HI-4.

There are some great super-adhesives to hold the rotor magnets on. Unless they had a replacement rotor , this could be how they repaired your '91.

it was a replacement.

When the mounts were welded in by welder buddy, using the borrowed cases, the top edges are not exactly parallel. I just checked. I want to tack in the trany mounts. If I level the front motor mount, the rear motor mount is slightly off.

So , the question is, do I use the Front Motor Mount as the reference for the trany mount install, or the Rear Motor Mount, or does it matter?

I don't want any problems with the motor plate install and it's holes lining up.

i have seen factory frames shimed . I would make the front level , shim the rear then set the trans . I think its a fairly common problem welding pulls things sometimes

curt wrote:i have seen factory frames shimed . I would make the front level , shim the rear then set the trans . I think its a fairly common problem welding pulls things sometimes

Thanks Curt, I will do it that way.

Curt's shim solution sounds like the way to go.

Looking at the front mount, are you planning a gusset plate between the vertical and horizontal plates shown?