What a concept - A Girl Bringing Back Her 1966 Super Hawk

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:21 pm

Graham, I was hoping you'd chime in! Great suggestions, all - and thank you for the links. I'm perusing them now.

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:43 pm

Apologies for any typos. I was bouncing along on the train from NYC to Albany.

The technique with those combined regulator - rectifiers is to connect all of the outputs from the generator together and feed them to the device. The new rectifier should be a little more efficient than the old selenium rectifier and you should get better battery charging under all circumstances.

The original Honda method uses the light switch to connect up more output from the generator when you switch the lights on and less when the lights are off. This is a relatively crude way of balancing demand with alternator output but was used on British lightweight bikes for many years.

The little aluminum HT nuts are a problem and you may be able to get away with just using some self adhesive heat shrink to hold the HT wires on to the coils. Not a great solution but could work OK. I have not really looked closely at mine so I don't know if there is a problem to solve....

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sarals · Post by **sarals** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:28 pm

It sounds like a modern regulator rectifier, in as much as I'd like to keep the bike original (I'm winking about the electronic ignition I already have for it) is a must. I'll work towards that. I did see the thread over in "CB77" about it. http://www.honda305.com/forums/podtroni ... 33020.html

Those HT lead nuts? Mine are full of corrosion holes, but they may still work. Perhaps I'll screw them on and put heat shrink over them? Also, those lead nuts may be why some folks replace their coils with modern examples. Thinking out loud again!

Graham, have a good trip! Is it still cold in Upstate NY?

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:33 pm

Sara

Yes still chilly up here but warmer than UK and its supposed to warm up tomorrow. Off to Worcester MA in the morning.

You'll have run out of things to do on our project soon....

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sarals · Post by **sarals** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:54 pm

G-Man wrote:Sara

Yes still chilly up here but warmer than UK and its supposed to warm up tomorrow. Off to Worcester MA in the morning.

You'll have run out of things to do on our project soon....

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I look forward to that day!!!! Then I'll have to look for a Super 90!

Safe journeys, my friend!

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:38 am

HaHa - I have one of those in my unfinished "collection" too!

Picking up a pile of parts from my friends garage in CT next week.

These guys have some interesting repro bits for old Hondas...

http://www.claussstudios.com/id45.html

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jsmith1107 · Post by **jsmith1107** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:18 am

How do you put on your profile the other bikes you own so they show up after you respond or reply???