Guzzi2Go

Every totalitarian government is in need of "foreign and domestic" enemies. Communist countries are obvious example of these, as their leaders often fling speeches about a constant fight/war with these and thereof resulting hardships. However, recent "W-rhetoric" (just as McCarthy's "back then") has shown that this works just as good for capitalist countries. And that commander-in-chief picture puts "W" abreast with Kim Jong, Joseph Visarionovich, Vladimir Ilic, Hugo, Fidel,...

Without Yugo, Wartburg and Trabant the competition is simply not serious. Amateurs!

I think that being a Brit and living in Oz makes him a Pom.

Or maybe something like this:

What did snail say when he sat on a turtle? Wheeeeeeee!!!

Is anyone in EU stocking these things or do they have to be ordered directly from you Pete?

Pushed it off off a cliff....

Ugliest snowman I've ever seen...

Just wondering.... How do bikes with a single brake rotor work? Is a crash pre-programmed?

Would be cheaper to just dump him over the fence.

Exactly. EU recently passed a law mandating companies to have a defibrillator handy. The stuff they keep on zapping people with in ER. Yes, there is a remote possibility that someone will suffer a heart attack at work, and even more remote one, that the punk operating the thing will bring the poor "heart attackee" back to life. Nevertheless, the law is there and with it all associated costs and profits...

It should work, unless the ITI models use different ECU then Veglia models.

Hell yes! Just look at your "Commander in chief" over past 8 years!

How much power is enough? I see that the largest unit they sell is 11kW and weighs 73 kg. That is in the range of 125ccm bike engine. It will not get you far past 100km/h (if at all).

Actually, it would be 100kW diesel, 90kW generator and 80kW motor, due to efficiency/losses.

Too heavy. Add masses of a 100kW Diesel, 100kW Generator and 100kW Electric Motor, and you will be close to a ton. Add space needed, and a car will turn into a truck. The idea of a hybrid car is to have a low power/high torque electric motor act as a filter against consumption surges coming from acceleration in a stop and go traffic. That is why they are efficient in the city, and comparable to normal cars on the highway (less efficient due to extra mass for batteries/electric motor). Trains run long distances at more or less constant speed. Traffic does not allow the same for cars. In addition, I think it is a task of politics (or is it a policy?) to take care of a long term view and steer the market/industry in proper direction. Usually this is in a form of taxes, which makes it quite unpopular in countries where people are not used to being taxed. This is quite obvious in US, where car industry repeatedly runs into the kind of problems we are seeing now. The entire society is set up according to the "resources are abundant" premise, and as soon as supply is disturbed everything turns upside down.

Well, we also had this one: http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12441 I don't know what is this thing on your picture, but it is nothing I found inside my Veglia. P.S. 1. No, you can't simply replace it with LM2917, or any other Hz2V converter 2. I doubt that you can buy the chip in quantities of one, which probably makes repair too expensive.

As requested: http://www.onsemi.com/pub/Collateral/CS8190-D.PDF

Low cost standard servo comes at about 5 EUR @Conrad. Attiny or a similar uC is ~2 EUR. Getting the thing done DYI style - priceless. I am waiting for the winter to start, so I can go on with my winter project.

The chip is standard stuff and its data sheet has been posted on the forum. The issue is where to buy the chip. You will not find it @Conrad (Digi-key for you over there).

366Hz @11000 RPM 12V

Same thing here. I could imagine that cam offset to crank position may be tolerated in a +/- few degrees range for as long as the valves do not meet pistons. Ignition time point is probably more sensitive than that. But then, I know too little on engines to make such a claim.

We drifted away... So some bikes ping, some not, although they all seem to be the same. Two options have been discussed so far: - we are running (too) lean - our timing is screwed (valves and/or ignition) What seems to be more likely? I am familiar enough with microcontrollers, digital electronic, software and signal conditioning not to buy the argument that distance of the crank sensor to the phonic wheel would contribute to this particular problem, although timing in general could be the issue. Would it be possible that entire cam is "misdialled" on machines that ping? This would cause valves to work differently, but also put phonic wheel in an "unfavourable position". The manual also describes procedure how to align the cam with the crankshaft. Would that be worthwile checking? Has anyone?

TÜV is MOT. In order to pass the "exam", your bike has to be within manufacturer specs in almost all aspects. Noise, pollution, speed, power, wheels, tires, springs/shocks, etc. So free fiddling with mufflers, ECUs, gear ratios, tires, etc. is basically illegal, and if you really insist on it you should put your bike through homologation on your own expense, or find the parts that are homologated for your bike. In addition, if you did any modifications to your bike you have to carry documentation of it with you all the time. What I asked luhbo is if he had problems doing the pollution test, since changing the fuel map will obviously change exhaust gases characteristics. TÜV would usually notice that and complain.

Well, what can be adjusted is the air gap between sensor and phonic wheel. The air gap will affect amplitude and offset of the signal, but not its phase, so I would exclude that as a cause for pinging. BTW, how does TÜV react on your My15M (ASU)? Has the subject ever come up?