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<blockquote data-quote="flxible" data-source="post: 167578" data-attributes="member: 998"><p>Hi Steve-</p><p>As for the Powerdynamo, I've not used their product on the Vin, but have used their charging system and electronic ignition on the Earles fork BMW twin in my sidecar rig, and my experience has been good.</p><p>They appear to be a company that evolves their product when issues come to light.</p><p>For instance with the BMW, their initial offering was triggering the electronic ignition off the cam nose, same as the stock mag, but with the cam spinning at half revs during kickstart it sometimes had difficulty picking up enough signals for the electronics to decide when to fire, especially if a lightened flywheel was in use.</p><p>They switched to a trigger located on the their gen, (located where the stock 6v gen was- on the crank nose) and with twice the signals it works a treat.</p><p>I've been using it going on 5 years now, without issue, not a lot of mileage, but enough to judge; probably a hundred miles a week, and running it in the occasional regional giro-type comp, as well as in the USCRA spring and fall MotoGiro each year, which is two days 7-8 hours a day event, so it does get well warmed up, and it's been fault free thus far.</p><p>But my point is, if their product is of interest, and it presently has an issue, keep an eye on it as they may very well figure out its reliability issues.</p><p>Best-</p><p>George</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flxible, post: 167578, member: 998"] Hi Steve- As for the Powerdynamo, I've not used their product on the Vin, but have used their charging system and electronic ignition on the Earles fork BMW twin in my sidecar rig, and my experience has been good. They appear to be a company that evolves their product when issues come to light. For instance with the BMW, their initial offering was triggering the electronic ignition off the cam nose, same as the stock mag, but with the cam spinning at half revs during kickstart it sometimes had difficulty picking up enough signals for the electronics to decide when to fire, especially if a lightened flywheel was in use. They switched to a trigger located on the their gen, (located where the stock 6v gen was- on the crank nose) and with twice the signals it works a treat. I've been using it going on 5 years now, without issue, not a lot of mileage, but enough to judge; probably a hundred miles a week, and running it in the occasional regional giro-type comp, as well as in the USCRA spring and fall MotoGiro each year, which is two days 7-8 hours a day event, so it does get well warmed up, and it's been fault free thus far. But my point is, if their product is of interest, and it presently has an issue, keep an eye on it as they may very well figure out its reliability issues. Best- George [/QUOTE]
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