Re: Honda CL360 Wiring Question

>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  (MIke)

> All i really want is possibly the electric start,
>and if it's easier to get rid of that as well, then so be it. Will this thing
even require a battery?

Yup. It has a battery and coil ignition system. You could run what is called a
"total loss" system, where there is nothing but a battery, a switch, and the
wires running to the coil positive terminal...

When you're not riding the bike, you hook up a battery charger to recharge the
battery...

Thirty years ago, you could get a device called a "battery eliminator". It was
essentially a large capacitor that stored enough current from the rectifier
output to allow the owner to remove the battery. You probably can't get one
anymore...

But the battery is an important item in your electrical system. It provides
voltage stability. I recommend keeping the battery, so you don't fry the
rectifier...

And the headlight discharges the battery when it's turned on. That keeps the
battery from overcharging.

Some headlight switches are set up to connect more of the alternator coils to
the rectifier when the headlight were on and fewer coils when the headlight is
off...

So you'll need to check out how your headlight switch is wired to see if you
can just run on the minimum number of alternator coils...

(My old 1960 Honda Dream had a section in the owner's manual about how I could
hook up more lighting coils manually if I should need more electric lights...)

Electric starting is very convenient for street use, but you can also kick
start that bike, so you can disconnect the starter cable if you want...

But I recommend just leaving the starter bolted onto the engine so you don't
have to go inside the engine and remove the starter clutch or starter chain or
idler gear...