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[ST] Re: st-digest V2001 #698
- Subject: [ST] Re: st-digest V2001 #698
- From: "Andrew F. Kay, Jr." <captainquack@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 21:44:02 -0500
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Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 12:55 PM
Subject: st-digest V2001 #698
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> st-digest Sunday, November 18 2001 Volume 2001 : Number
698
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> Triumph Sprint ST/RS List - Digest Version
>
> Today's ST/RS Digest Subjects
>
> [ST] Photo contest?
> RE: [ST] Photo contest?
> [ST] Africa Twin?
> Re: [ST] Battery Tender
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> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 08:22:09 -0000
> From: "barry.croft" <barry.croft@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ST] Photo contest?
>
> Have we had a winner announced yet? Wasn't it due yesterday? Musta blinked
> and missed it!
>
> Barry
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> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 12:22:58 +0100
> From: "Jonaz Kumlander" <jonaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [ST] Photo contest?
>
> Exactly!!! Give us the result :)
>
> - --
> Jonaz Kumlander
> 955i Sprint RS -00
> Stockholm, Sweden
> http://t955i.net
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> - -----Original Message-----
> From: barry.croft [mailto:barry.croft@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: den 18 november 2001 09:22
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ST] Photo contest?
>
>
> Have we had a winner announced yet? Wasn't it due yesterday? Musta
> blinked and missed it!
>
> Barry
>
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> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 08:57:50 -0800
> From: "Marc Danziger" <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ST] Africa Twin?
>
> Just posting to you folks since many of you live in areas where these
bikes
> are common...
>
> ...when my friend Tony Angco died, his widow Judie began selling off his
> many bikes. She asked if I was interested in any of them, and the only one
> I thought about was his Honda Africa Twin...a dual-sport similar to a
Tiger
> but not imported into the US. It's the bike I typically think of him on.
> Judie died last week of a stroke (Arthur Koestler is spinning in his grave
> at the coincidence...), and her sister contacted me and asked if I still
> wanted to buy the bike. I guess I do.
>
> There are about a dozen of them in the US, and I'm trying to find a email
> list or similar so I can get some idea of what the damn bike is worth.
>
> I'd also love to hear from any foreign-to-the-US folks with opinions on
the
> bike. I'm buying it primarily for sentimental value - this is a truly
silly
> thing to do at the moment, as I'm working to buy a dealership - but I'd
> love to know more about the bike.
>
>
> MarcD
> 00 Sprint ST "Vixen"
> 95 Speed triple "Strumpet"
> 82 FT500 Ascot racebike "Elvis"
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> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 11:20:55 -0600
> From: "Eric Mann" <eric91z@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [ST] Battery Tender
>
> Do you leave the battery in the bike with the Battery Tender on it? Is
this
> the "smart" type battery charger? And, lastly, where is the best place to
> get one? (I need 2 - 1 for the bike and 1 for the Camaro).
>
> Eric Mann
> eric91z@xxxxxxxx
> '91 Camaro Z28
> '01 Blue ST
> '95 Ford F150 4x4
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: <TrmpetDave@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 7:08 PM
> Subject: [ST] Battery Tender
>
>
> > It is my habit to plug the Battery Tender in to my '99 ST (no burglar
> > alarm)whenever it is going to be parked longer than a day or two, to
> prevent
> > the battery from running down, not that it ever has, although I did have
> this
> > problem with my '95 Trophy.
> >
> > I have always thought it odd that, immediately after returning from a
run,
> > (with no electric fan action, and with enough battery power to spin the
> > starter vigorously) the BT shows a steady red light, supposedly
indicating
> a
> > discharged battery for 15 minutes or so, and then a red plus flashing
> green
> > for an hour or two, indicating an 80% charged battery, before showing
the
> > steady green that means the battery is fully charged. I wondered if the
BT
> > was overcharging my battery, which is a no-maintenance Yuasa VTX14-BS
> about 6
> > months old, and decided to take some readings from the battery, which I
> left
> > in situ:
> >
> > 1. Immediately after the run, engine stopped, no electric fan: 12.89 V
> > 2. Engine idling (1500 rpm): 13.86 V
> > 3. Engine running at 4,000 rpm: 13.89V.
> > 4. Battery tender attached, (engine stopped) showing steady red: 13.05
V,
> > slowly increasing 1n .01V increments.
> > 5. 15 minutes later, BT showing red plus flashing green: 13.16V.
> > 6. 2 hours later, BT showing steady green: 13.12V
> > 7. Next morning, BT steady green, 13.05 V.
> >
> > My conclusion: Nothing to worry about. The BT is doing a good job, but
> the
> > sensor that determines its light display needs a reality check. Dave
> Collins,
> > San Diego
> >
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