Come on in and confess please - Page 7

wildchild · 03-19-2009, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by zed

theory isn't reliable in the real world.

ask any EE if you can jump a bike with a car battery, in theory it works, in practice I have seen electronics fried.

Must be the fact that I work as an elec designer that makes me think it would work, after all 12 volt system is the same. That or the fact I've done it quite a few times.
If your elec system is faulty it will have issues but it's not "caused" by the cage system.

Orig question: Hey you always want more right? Seemed like a good excuse.

Trip · 03-19-2009, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by zed

theory isn't reliable in the real world.

ask any EE if you can jump a bike with a car battery, in theory it works, in practice I have seen electronics fried.

Hello, I am a practicing EE here to tell you that you are wrong. Starting a motorcycle from a car battery is fine as long as the car isn't started.

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Originally Posted by Mikey

I've done it dozens of times with no ill effects. As long as the car isn't running, it's not a big deal.

Correct, the charging system for a car is much more powerful and can fry electronics. It's not the battery that will damage the motorcycle, it's the charging system from the car.

12 volts is 12 volts as stated earlier in this thread, what's different about the car battery is it's capable of providing for a much larger load. Capability doesn't not mean that it will distribute it's full load to what it's connected to. Take your wall plug for example, it's capable of much more than the normal small electronics we plug into it, but it doesn't destroy them...

zed · 03-19-2009, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Hello, I am a practicing EE here to tell you that you are wrong. Starting a motorcycle from a car battery is fine as long as the car isn't started.

seems you are not the only one either.

most mechanics don't know what they are talking about but expected to know how to fix it after the customer screws it up.

Trip · 03-19-2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by zed

seems you are not the only one either.

most mechanics don't know what they are talking about but expected to know how to fix it after the customer screws it up.

Dude, seriously shut the fuck up and go back to flipping burgers.

Unlike that mechanic, a failure in my position means I compromise the ability of a nuclear plant to shutdown in the event of accidents not a pissed off customer. I deal with safety related power distribution systems on a daily basis. This is real world, not theory.

the chi · 03-19-2009, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ZUKIMON

Guilty on all counts. I've also looked for 6th in the cage!

Im with ya...tho honestly, I rarely ever pay attention to the actual # of the gear I am in, I go based on feel. Kinda the same with my car, even tho I can see it, if it doesnt "feel" right (boggy or screaming uncomfortably) I shift. When I do track days I have no gauges at all, and do everything based on instinct and feel, I just transition back and forth. Empathic Mechanic.

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Originally Posted by Trip

Dude, seriously shut the fuck up and go back to flipping burgers.

Unlike that mechanic, a failure in my position means I compromise the ability of a nuclear plant to shutdown in the event of accidents not a pissed off customer. I deal with safety related power distribution systems on a daily basis. This is real world, not theory.

The next time a power plant blows up, Im blaming you.

Trip · 03-19-2009, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by The Chi

The next time a power plant blows up, Im blaming you.

If a nuke plant goes up, I don't think I would want to work at one anymore anyway.

Archren · 03-19-2009, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

If a nuke plant goes up, I don't think I would want to work at one anymore anyway.

If your nuke plant goes up.. I don't think you'll really be in a position to be worried about working at another one anyway.

Trip · 03-19-2009, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Archren

If your nuke plant goes up.. I don't think you'll really be in a position to be worried about working at another one anyway.

Nah, I know where to hide where I could survive. It's you outside the fence people that have to worry.

Archren · 03-19-2009, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Nah, I know where to hide where I could survive. It's you outside the fence people that have to worry.

Oh well, I'd rather be closer to the blast area than just on the edge of it. At least I'd go out in a (albeit brief) blaze of glory.

tached1000rr · 03-19-2009, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by z06boy

Well of course just to make sure. I watch my mirrors alot to make sure the wife is still there and ok on her R6 and sometimes have to think "am I in 5th or 6th" .

Now when I'm not watching for her and getting on it then no...I know what gear I'm in.

That's exactly when I usually do it as well....