27th November 2021, 10:28
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This is my second home
R75 Saloon.
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: France/or Devon.
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Originally Posted by MSS
Up to the late 1970's most vehicles did not charge the battery well at idle. Motorcycles did not at all. When Honda launched the CX500 V-twin in 1978, they made a huge thing of the fact that its alternator charged the battery even at idle.
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I changed the dynamo on my 1970's Fiat 500 for an alternator with dramatic improvement.--It made a real improvement of the headlights from 10 glow worms to 100 glow worms.---The light actually managed to reach the road surface--- |
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