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Still seems strange number one cut out two miles out, yet number two took me to Norwich and back (160 miles)… Same bike, no changes elsewhere in the system..
Still seems strange number one cut out two miles out, yet number two took me to Norwich and back (160 miles)… Same bike, no changes elsewhere in the system..
I have no trouble buying a hat, thoughWell my guess is you're not an excruciatingly skilled engineer and have even less ability to detect the internal differences in component tolerances or differences in their thermal positioning. I would still bet the failure mode may be very difficult to attribute to the module or the bike.
The failure analysis will certainly not come from me, as I have no $take in thi$ problematic product.
It seems to me that the root cause of the Tri Spark reliability’s issues some have must be elsewhere within their electrical system on their machines.
This doesn’t get Tri Spark off the hook however, I suggest they should be looking at these failures more closely and design their units to be more able to withstand such variable issues.
Any one in electronics should easily agree it is ALWAYS heat failure.
After 3 of them had died in my 74 850, over a period of time, I went to Pazon and in over 10 years of use not one problem.Matt at CNW said he would replace it for the second time. I was just hoping there was something else I should look for.
Didn't want to keep asking Matt for replacements.
Is there a better unit I should be looking at?
Actually the OEM charging system and ignition are just fine. But, in my experience, people new to vintage British bikes have little to no mechanical skills. I have three bikes in my shop right now from people 45-55 years old and trying to get their first British bike on the road and I've worked with a couple more. The good news is that younger people are slowly joining us, but many don't even know what points are!But it is interesting that, other than the periodic maintenance required, there seems to no problems with the OEM ignition...
But it is interesting that, other than the periodic maintenance required, there seems to no problems with the OEM ignition..
As an EE who spent 17 years as a test engineer for military electronics, I'm qualified to say bullshit on that. There are other failure modes such as vibration and over voltage that can take a toll on electronics assemblies. There's also something called infant mortality that describes individual component failures as a function of time. I've done the FMEA studies.
Of course we can say that "heat" is the problem but since many TS's work fine with that same heat over many years,
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it seems there is more to it...