Paging Sweller

You still got the ETZ300?

If so, it looks like I'll be needing something like that.....

Unless anyone else has suggestions for a cheap to buy (this is
important), cheap to run commuter that could cope with 80 miles / day in
the Welsh mountains?

 

Yes, you're more than welcome to come and have a look and a test ride.
Email me if you want more details (let me know if you do).

 

Cool - I'll let you know later in the week. Once I've confirmed the new
job and all that.

 

Where abouts are you living ATM?

 

Milton Keynes.... so it's a bloody long way down to view a SOB.

However, I'm happier buying from someone known rather than some dodgy
dealer, IYSWIM.

 

*Waves*

Seriously, I bought an MZ sight unseen off Sweller, because he knows his
shit here and I trusted him. And the little TS150 was exactly as good as
he said it was.

 

D'you reckon this is the way to go?

I'm struggling to think of anything else that will be as cheap to buy
and run for serious year-round commuting.

I'd love a K75 / K100, but they're massively more expensive in all ways.

So I reckon the ETZ300 with a screen, heated grips, muffs and rack could
be the way to go.

 

Abso-bloody-lutely. And Sweller would be the bloke to buy one from.

 

SteveH said:

Will the alternator pump out enough to run grips (about 48 Watts) as
well as all the lights and stuff?

 

Of course not, but who cares?

 

Any chance you could put the pics back online? - the missus wants to
know what I could potentially be buying.

 

http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/fs-etz300.htm

 

The Older Gentleman said:

I do - I worry about our Steve...

 

Too late to work out whether it can cope, but the alternator is rated at
either 180 or 210 Watts, dependent on which factory publication I read.

 

Cheers. She's gone to bed now, so I'll show her tomorrow.

 

Don't want to wake her up screaming, eh?

 

I've got a fairing for it too [1], black it is.

[1] Where "I've got" means the previous owner still has it and would like
me to remove it from his garage where it's taking up an awful amount of
space.

 

sweller said:

Headlight 60 watts
tail light 5
coil 15
Grips 50

 

A few more alternator details may be of help (my I/V=W at any time of the
day is shaky)

Voltage 14 v
speed at 2/3 of maximum current 2,200 rpm
2/3 maximum current 10 A
Maximum current 15 A

redlines at 6,000 rpm

My reckoning is it wont need to be continually be at full rpm to cope
with an additional load.

 

sweller said:

Bit borderline once you take losses and stuff into account - prolly be
OK though - with a kickstart you only need a glimmer in the battery to
get a spark to start the engine.