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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 129441" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>I don't assume that all the China stuff is crap- it isn't. But it is a crap shoot for quality with those AliExpress items.</p><p>For me it's more a case of not wanting to do any more on road charging system experimentation. I went through a melted Miller, 3 versions of the Alton, then a fried Lithium Battery. We were always hundreds of miles from home when failure occured.</p><p>The charging system has really been the only weakness that showed up in touring 60,000 on the Vincent. It can really ruin your holiday!</p><p>Fortunately we always made it home on the bike somehow.</p><p>On one trip we hooked up IV lines from Robert Watson's Woolly Mammoth and transfused electrical power into my Rapide battery.</p><p>We never did find a way to do this at speed!</p><p>Other times and with other failures I purchased a large lawn tractor battery from Napa, stuffed it in the top box and ran deadloss all the way home. The drill at night was to run an extension cord through the motel bathroom window out to a battery charger to charge up for the next 350 miles.</p><p>For a long time I packed the extension cord, spare battery and charger along on every trip as I fully expected the charging system to fail. It did not disappoint!</p><p></p><p>I've finally stopped doing that as the last version direct drive Alton coupled with Podtronics has been very reliable. So it's a case of finally finding something that works and not wanting to return to old problems. Touring should be fun.</p><p>I'll leave the roadside electrical experimentation to others.</p><p></p><p>Glen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 129441, member: 2708"] I don't assume that all the China stuff is crap- it isn't. But it is a crap shoot for quality with those AliExpress items. For me it's more a case of not wanting to do any more on road charging system experimentation. I went through a melted Miller, 3 versions of the Alton, then a fried Lithium Battery. We were always hundreds of miles from home when failure occured. The charging system has really been the only weakness that showed up in touring 60,000 on the Vincent. It can really ruin your holiday! Fortunately we always made it home on the bike somehow. On one trip we hooked up IV lines from Robert Watson's Woolly Mammoth and transfused electrical power into my Rapide battery. We never did find a way to do this at speed! Other times and with other failures I purchased a large lawn tractor battery from Napa, stuffed it in the top box and ran deadloss all the way home. The drill at night was to run an extension cord through the motel bathroom window out to a battery charger to charge up for the next 350 miles. For a long time I packed the extension cord, spare battery and charger along on every trip as I fully expected the charging system to fail. It did not disappoint! I've finally stopped doing that as the last version direct drive Alton coupled with Podtronics has been very reliable. So it's a case of finally finding something that works and not wanting to return to old problems. Touring should be fun. I'll leave the roadside electrical experimentation to others. Glen [/QUOTE]
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