Hi Nick
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> Filip; first of all, I hope the arm is healing well?
Except from some pain and not withstanding much effort/work yet (the arm gets 'tired' fast) it is going quite well.
Fysio already stopped, I will get a new x-ray photo mid August, hope to get the green light then for driving the bike.
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> I made the holder for the reed switch from folded stainless sheet,
>screwed to the base of the stand. The neodymium magnet was fitted to
>a new S/S spring-plate designed with an extension, so it 'wiped'
>across the reed switch as the stand was brought round. Rather
>over-engineered as usual, but I wanted it to be protected from
>stones etc, and of course a reed switch is not subject to corrosion
>of the contacts because it is fully encapsulated. I can send you
>more pics of the installation if you want, but you'd need to have
>good workshop facilities, quite apart from the use of both arms!
>
Yes... great remark... use of both arms... ;)
I suppose that is already ok, it's the brain which I'm missing.
So I'm interested in the additional info, gives me the opportunity to get some other bodyparts messed up....like fingers ;)
I like working (trying to) on the bike.
> Having said that, you could probably achieve much the same by
>attaching the bits with epoxy adhesive. Or, as Derek says, find the
>later type of sidestand with integral switch which will bolt
>straight onto the crankcase casting. These switches are not
>completely fault-free by all accounts, and can cause intermittent
>ignition problems if wired-in to the main loom as Ducati
>subsequently did. I decided to just use a miniature red LED with
>integral flash circuit, and mount it somewhere obvious on the
>'dashboard', but then of course you must pay attention to it!
I plan on using the blinking led when the sidestand is down(already have it) + a buzzer which would sound when sidestand is down and not in neutral.
Cheers
Filip
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