Dallara
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Thanks, SkooterG...
Appreciate the heads-up on TWN. Will keep it in consideration when posting and handling his replies.
I'm with BugR on the matter of the AE's electrical draw. The AE's electric clutch servo motor would definitely have to be one that consumed some watts given the torque it would have to produce to actuate the clutch, and more importantly, the precision it would have to maintain in releasing it correctly and with accuracy, time and time again. And, as he says, all at low speed primarily. It also has extra sensors to keep powered up, a negligible LED shift light to flash a lot with some riders, electric grips in cold weather when it's toughest on a battery to stay charged, more computer horsepower and CPU cycles to thrash around, etc., etc., etc.
Again, like BugR pointed out... In essence, Yamaha HAD to increase the charging capacity of the AE just to stay even, and so kept quiet about it. And since primarily dealers and only more fanatical enthusiast owners would ever even see the factory service manual that showed the alternator output specs (and even some of those owners who bought the service manual probably wouldn't comb through the specificatios sections like ex-mechanic/ex-motorcycle dealers like me do... :blink: ) who wouold really know? Sure, it would probably come out in the press sooner or later, or on one of these forums like it has, but let's face it, people who are as fanatical about their motorcycles like we all are, where we ride 'em, work on 'em, farkle 'em to death, etc., are in a pretty small minority relative to the rest of the motorcycle marketplace.
Actually, when you think the whole thing through Yamaha's decision to not blab about the increased charging capacity makes perfect sense.
And makes me even more glad I didn't buy an AE!
Now my radar detector, Garmin 2730, etc. can all live happily ever after once they're installed.
Thanks!
Dallara
Appreciate the heads-up on TWN. Will keep it in consideration when posting and handling his replies.
I'm with BugR on the matter of the AE's electrical draw. The AE's electric clutch servo motor would definitely have to be one that consumed some watts given the torque it would have to produce to actuate the clutch, and more importantly, the precision it would have to maintain in releasing it correctly and with accuracy, time and time again. And, as he says, all at low speed primarily. It also has extra sensors to keep powered up, a negligible LED shift light to flash a lot with some riders, electric grips in cold weather when it's toughest on a battery to stay charged, more computer horsepower and CPU cycles to thrash around, etc., etc., etc.
Again, like BugR pointed out... In essence, Yamaha HAD to increase the charging capacity of the AE just to stay even, and so kept quiet about it. And since primarily dealers and only more fanatical enthusiast owners would ever even see the factory service manual that showed the alternator output specs (and even some of those owners who bought the service manual probably wouldn't comb through the specificatios sections like ex-mechanic/ex-motorcycle dealers like me do... :blink: ) who wouold really know? Sure, it would probably come out in the press sooner or later, or on one of these forums like it has, but let's face it, people who are as fanatical about their motorcycles like we all are, where we ride 'em, work on 'em, farkle 'em to death, etc., are in a pretty small minority relative to the rest of the motorcycle marketplace.
Actually, when you think the whole thing through Yamaha's decision to not blab about the increased charging capacity makes perfect sense.
And makes me even more glad I didn't buy an AE!
Now my radar detector, Garmin 2730, etc. can all live happily ever after once they're installed.
Thanks!
Dallara