Steve,
That was worse than I thought. I didn't consider the drop off. Glad you came out okay in the end.
That was worse than I thought. I didn't consider the drop off. Glad you came out okay in the end.
And an Trophy can't survive an endo? So the dealer lied to me about that?
-Jim
On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Steve Smith <shmitty74@gmail.com> wrote:
Jim,If you're referring to the tale of woe regarding the cattle guard in the rain, you've pretty much gotten the picture right. I was riding in through a short but fairly heavy cloud burst on an unfamiliar road when I happened upon said cattle guard in a corner on the side of a hill. The front end lost traction, followed by the rear end, and off the shoulder I went, down hill, of course. The bike hit a sizable rock and endo-ed, sending me flying onto more sizable rocks.At the end of the day, I ended up in a hospital with a few scrapes and dislocated bones, an assortment of large contusions, and my Trophy was totaled. Not the Fathers Day ride I had expected but I felt like I could have been a lot worse off.I did decide that I needed to upgrade some riding skills and so I read a lot and practiced even more. If nothing else good came from that experience, at least I did learn from my mistakes.Bottom line, wet steel is not fun. It's manageable in a straight line but not so good at a lean. And I hate metal bridges in the rain!On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 09:43 Norman Wright <lowrtax@gmail.com> wrote:Sean has hit the key. A "Battery Tender" lead is not power rated for heating gear. Powerlet does make a lead that is rated 15 amp and if you use that one then the SAE to COAX will safely work.--On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 8:25 AM, Sean Donnelly <sean1881@gmail.com> wrote:Not sure about the Deltran/Battery Tender branded cables, but the Powerlet cable that I purchased, claimed to be rated at 15A in order to handle the loads of older heated gear.Powerlet also has a battery lead to coax cable in their inventory, also rated to 15A- SeanOn Feb 21, 2017, at 7:54 AM, Steve Smith <shmitty74@gmail.com> wrote:Just think about the intended usage of the Battery Tender plug vs heated gear and it becomes clear. A motorcycle battery charger is a low amperage system, usually less than 3 amps at maximum. Heated gear can run as high as 15 amps, which is 5 times higher. Now if you're running a jacket at low setting you might not get to even 3 amps, but on longer rides, or with additional gear you can see where the lower amperage capacity of the battery charger lead becomes an issue.The point is that while you might not have experienced any problems, you sure don't want to have one when you're out on the road 100 miles from home in declining temperatures. I've had it happen to me, and I can't say that it was enjoyable. I would argue that the $15 I spent on the proper battery lead was cheap insurance against repeating that experience. Live and learn. Or not. Your choice.On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 21:11 'Martin Albright' via EMRAT <emrat@googlegroups.com> wrote:Been using one for about 4 years with no issues on 3 different bikes. Maybe I've been lucky or maybe other people are just cranking theirs up too high.Martin
From: Curtis Graves <ikonoklass@gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [emrat:9437] Re: Staying Warm
I learned this year that you can buy a little converter pigtail to go from Battery Tender to COAX for a Gerbing's, etc., thereby obviating the need for a separate wiring harness. Everyone else probably knew this already, but for me, it was life-changing!--On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 3:29 PM Doc <docmurdoch59@gmail.com> wrote:Profane? Steve. I think he is innocent here his is now riding with his wings.--
On Friday, February 17, 2017 at 1:57:09 PM UTC-7, Dan Pilcher wrote:To compliment the excellent, funny and profane presentation at the last EMRAT meeting by "Iron Butt Steve" Smith on keeping warm on your bike, here's some more information from Sound Rider:Stay safe,Dan
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"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be." Douglas Adams
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" Hunter S. Thompson
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'13 Triumph Trophy
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'13 Triumph Trophy
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