Thank you for the response and that is great information. (Thumbs up!). The price of your kits looks reasonable and I am well aware of the challenges of manufacturing and dealing with the public as a vendor so let me say your efforts are appreciated.
Few people have any idea how difficult it is to manage a small niche business or create a viable product but are quick to criticize or offer opinions without real knowledge.
So I am sure you dont hear it nearly enough, but thank you for your services.
I am not yet at purchasing parts stage for my 2 A10s I am keeping but I will most certainly be a customer soon.
On another note, many years ago I was unsatisfied with the generators on early bikes and started researching and working on alternatives as I have some preunit triumphs as well. I bought a few tractor and ATV alternators and was looking at making a small compact alternator for retrofit, ALTON came out with theirs. I had a lot of other irons in the fire so dropped the endeavor. I still feel the ALTON kit can be improved on from a price standpoint as well as output, but life changes came along and its no longer a priority for me. One note though is that in testing it is amazing how much load a generator or alternator can generate thru a belt, or gear. It is NOT an insignifant amount. I know Bill Getty pretty well at JRC Engineering and in discussion talked about the issues of shredded gear teeth for replacements for maggies
so dont overlook what it takes to make something that is durable.
Lastly,,, WD40. I saw that mentioned as a lube. Pet peeve of mine. I have a couple cans on hand all the time and it has its uses. But its a misunderstood product and at this point people have it embedded into their psyche its a lube. It is not. Its a actually very poor choice as a lube. It flashes off and evaporates easily.
WD-40 stands for "Water displacement and the 40th attempt at a formula of a mixture of a variety of chemicals. It was developed in the US Space & missle program for cleaning and drying out electrical connectors from salt water, morning dew and condensation.
Dont believe me?? Read the wiki.
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40** Someones significantly edited the wiki page from last time I read it. But it hits most of the marks.
For a pentatrating oil try Kroil, But I like "PB Blaster" and for a wet lubricant I use "Triflow" but for dry lubes I have a variety of sprayable dry film moly based lubes that work well.
