February 8, 2010

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New Regulator/Rectifier for the PC800

February 8, 2010 in Maintenance Log | 7 comments

The other day I picked up a brand new Honda R/R via a friend from Rick’s Motorsport Electrics.  The old regulator/rectifier on the bike had been put on sometime in the last few years and came from a completely different bike.  It works but I thought I might as well put the real deal back on my bike.  The other R/R is now in my trunk as a spare in case of problem on the road.

The new R/R behaves differently than the other R/R.  Now my voltage stays at 14.1 volts no matter how much electrical heated clothing I have running (while the engine is above 3000 RMP).  At idle the bike stays happily in the 12 volt area and doesn’t dip below like the old R/R did.  I think this new one is a lot better than the old.  Hopefully I will get many thousands of miles out of it without incident.

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Superbowl Party Ride

February 8, 2010 in Riding Log | Please leave a comment

Yesterday I got done early with my work and went out on a ride to Rick’s house to attend a Superbowl party.  After the party and some Pictionary, I headed south back to Corvallis.  The route took me through Scio and Silverton up the Cascade Highway to Oregon City.  On the way back I used the freeways.

Total distance was 166 miles.  I stopped in Stayton to buy gas where some Harley Davidson motorcycles had pulled up.  They didn’t acknowledge my funny looking plastic-covered motorcycle.  I took on 2.13 gallons of gas after going 100.3 miles.  That gives me 47.1 MPG.

This was also my first ride with my new Honda-brand Regulator/Rectifier.  More on that in another post.

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