GME plunger- It lives!...sorta

[shinyribs]

I was thinking about a cable for the snuff or nots. Cheaper! And I hate riding with gloves,probably safer if you fall,but it just feels awful. Besides,I dont wanna look like the RUB's with their fingerless glovesI know they have a purpose,but they still crack me up.

[Hellbilly429]

Well a cable might be cheaper, but I was thinking if you put one of these http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102827 on each side and wire the motors with a DPDT switch http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062489 according to this video


Really not that expensive, just takes some creativity

[shinyribs]

Thats a mighty fast little motor! That would work,but you would probably need a different motor. It would need one of those servo type motors that could hold the flap in a certain position. A servo with 90 of rotation would be perfect...  is there a manufacturing/money making possibility here??

[Hellbilly429]

That is a good point, will have to look for a motor like that, I figured if you put stops on the motor it would be fine but it might eventually burn up if the button got held too long.

It's always a possibility, I know they make some things like this aftermarket mostly for hot rods, cost an arm and a leg. If could come up with a cheap alternative to that then definately could compete in that market, or at least be able to do a bunch of 1-off designs for customers since there are so many different styles of exhausts out there.

I want in on it since it was my idea tho! Lol

[shinyribs]

Deal. You can be chief engineer. I'll be head flunky;)

[Hellbilly429]

Ok, so who will be the lacky?

Found your servo motor http://www.trossenrobotics.com/store/p/4920-GM3-Gear-Motor-224-1-90-degree-output-shaft-3-6V.aspx?feed=Froogle&gclid=COLm8Pa_4LICFQqk4AodVREAxQ

[TOOLS1]

Why not just use a GM starter solenoid?
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[Hellbilly429]

Use the starter solenoid rather than the DPDM switch you mean Tools? Could it be wired to run the electric motor in forward and reverse?

[shinyribs]

GM starter solenoids suck for anything other than starting GM carsFord is the way to go when it comes to those. It takes more than one solenoid to reverse the polarity. Every winch on a truck I've ever owned uses Ford solenoids to revers the motor. It takes 3 solenoids total: 1 for each direction and another to isolate the grounds so it doesn't back feed.


And ya'll accuse ME of having too much time on my hands! Hellbilly,the link master,has scored again! Pretty cool that those servos have stall ratings. I can't remember how to wire it up to use those,but Ive seen it done on A/C units on cars. Something about the stall amperage trips some sort of switch so the servo will just stop automatically at the correct position. Pretty cool find bud! But where would you mount it? Alot of heat in that area. No offense,but I'm still a cable kind of guy.

Buuuut,maybe this could be going down the right road for something else???....pods maybe? Possibly some sort of servo operated wind guard that could be activated when you pop into high gear? The super hi-tech cure for the dreaded cross draft! Hmmm,how would that work....??? Shifter linkage wouldn't work right.it couldn't tell 5th gear from 2nd-4th. Horn button?Honk if it's windy! Man,ya'll ideas is partly responsible for my being up late all the time.

Or a license plate retracter for when you wanna split lanes?

[TOOLS1]

I was meaning, use the solenoid to pull the doo-hicky open, and the spring to close it. Just like using them to open car doors, and trunks in the old days. No fancy wiring involved.
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[shinyribs]

??? You're on to something I've never heard about now. I'm gonna have to look in to this

[Hellbilly429]

Would the solenoid burn up since you can't make the motor stop turning without manually killing the power or placing some sort of stop in the way?

Shiny I was thinking you could place the motor in a small metal box and tack the box to the frame, put a bearing through the box and run a shaft through the bearing and attach the end of the shaft to the pin or bolt or whatever the washer is attached to, then wire the switch up somewhere either on the bars or maybe near the petcock so it can be reached safely while riding down the road.

[Hellbilly429]

Honk if it's windy, lol, why not just do a switch for the carbs too?

Plate retracter, now that's a good illegal idea! Lol. Would have to sell it as something else or list it as having some other purpose, like maybe say it's for show bikes that want to hide there licence plate when they take their bikes to shows?

Sorry we keeping you up man, didn't realise all my ideas were a hazard to your health...

[shinyribs]

Plate retracter for for ease of cleaning,of course!  It's all good. Ya'll are not the only people who fuss at me for not sleeping. I tell everybody sleep is for dreamers-I have plans!

[Hellbilly429]

Hard to follow through with plans if you're dead!

Easy cleaning, sometimes I wonder about you man

[TOOLS1]

A GM solenoid is not like a FORD It is just a magnet that moves a piston, and rod to engage the starter. You could leave it on all day, and not hurt it. It is actually harder on it to turn it off, and on.
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[shinyribs]

I'm not falling into the GM vs Ford battle. Nope. I'm just not gonna go there....

[Piute]

shinyribs wrote

I'm not falling into the GM vs Ford battle. Nope. I'm just not gonna go there....

                                                 Good B.O.P. all the way

[shinyribs]

B.O.P.       that's how you spell 'luxury' !

[shinyribs]

I got a surprise in the mail this evening 

Thank you Mr Tools! These match my sissy bar nicely! I usually ride with the passenger pegs folded up...not anymore I gotsa front these babies!