03-06-2008, 03:13 PM
Apoc Wrote:HAULN-SS Wrote:Maybe this doesn't apply, but I've rolled my dirtbike off countless times to start it, and it doesnt even have a battery
Yeah... it doesn't really make sense to me either since the stator should provide enough electricity to run the bike. I guess with all the other fancy stuff like lights and gauges it needs some juice?
Interestingly, I've heard both sides of this... Common wisdom is that a car won't run without a battery. I've *seen* track cars get bump started (no battery present) and run a full race.
Mayhaps once you add in those electricals that a race car doesn't have, you do need that extra bit of juice now and then? Same as on a bike? When my bike battery was dead, I couldn't roll-start it, but of course my bike isn't really a fair test.
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4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.