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From: mikey@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: re: parking light law question - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 7-Sep-84 10:37:00 EDT
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trsvax!mikey    Sep  7 09:37:00 1984



As stated before, new motorcycles (with a few exceptions) must have
headlights on all the time with ignition.  On the older bikes from
Honda, there was a 3 phase alternator/generator.  When lights were
off, only 1 phase was active.  When you turned on the headlamps, the
other two phases were activated.  At fast idle, the charging current
on bikes like the CB450K7 was actually higher with the lights on.

On my families '68 Buick, the largest charge current was usually obtained 
with the lights off at fast idle, as the regulator at low rpm would 
lock at the high charge rate.  Once the revs were kicked up, it would cycle
from low to high rate.

mikey at trsvax