I decided a few days back that I'd really like to wire a hydrogen booster into the bike. I do have several questions though. One being "Do you think that there is any chance of engine damage?", "Is it feasible to wire it into one of the 3 alternator contacts and still have the bike run normally on the remaining two?" and "How hard would it be to run a couple of moderately-gauged wires from the alternator up to the front of the bike?". I don't know how much experience people have with this, but I'm really quite concerned with the last two. I was planning on wiring in a switch bypass for the system so that at idle I could avoid using that electrical power so I can be sure the battery charges and to really only use the system when I'm doing highway miles or when that guy down the street with the R6 decides he wants to race. My concern though is that I'll only be able to get enough voltage to charge the battery at those highway speeds because I will be taking so much of the power produced by the bike. Thoughts?

 

Whaaa???

wire a Whaaa to the front of the bike? are you serious?

 

But it's wire that's coming straight out of the alternator so it's fairly small gauge. I was simply wondering if I'd run into kinks anywhere concerning available space to run it through the bike.

 

hydrogen booster ? ? ?

http://www.hydrogen-boost.com/?gclid...FRAYgQoduHa6WQ

isn't it for improving gas milage?

 

Wow, I don't even know what to say. You can't be serious?

 

Do you think that the electrical requirements are going to be too high for the bike's system to handle?

 

I'd kind of like to know the source of the skepticism. Are there some logistical limitations on the bike that I haven't looked at? Does anyone have any answers regarding my initial questions? I have a Clymer's Manual, but it doesn't really say what the output is or what the minimum voltages are to run the bike, the lights, and the ignition system (that being the minimum electrical load).

 

the manual has test procedures for determining if an electrical part is bad or not. just add the load numbers that you need to for each electrical component from service spec and that should give you a pretty good estimate. as far as the hydrogen boost goes, i'd have to see the site and research it a little. but my first question would be, if the kit technology is so efficient, why isn't it more well known or widely used? so with that said, what's the catch?

 

It's a fluke, I think I seen it on Mythbusters where they proved that it doesn't work. Why would anybody need to make a bike any more fuel efficient. Just my opinion.

 

Eh, just for the hell of it. Moreover, I wanted to see if it would add any more power to the system. As far the Mythbusters thing goes, that's not a very good source of information at all. They try to be impartial and maintain a good experimental process, but they simply get things wrong on a lot of occasions. I can't comment on the particular episode since I haven't seen it, but I can say that have "busted" various hypothesis that were in fact true. It's a show produced for entertainment purposes and thus ratings, but they most definitely are not always scientifically accurate or correct.