where do these people get there information?

**gamgee** · 30th October 2005, 20:29

haha, read the 4th question:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...n-38471785.htm

**partnersintriumph** · 30th October 2005, 20:45

laugh!!

**Mattyc** · 30th October 2005, 20:48

rofl! peter916 - wants to or does / did own a duke perhaps

theres heaps of comedy on tardme, just type some obscene words into the search

**DMNTD:Me** · 30th October 2005, 20:55

LMFTO! Challenged to say the least

**Buster** · 30th October 2005, 20:56

God damn idiots.

**SuperDave** · 30th October 2005, 21:14

What pisses me off is when a seller states 'no reserve auction' where it clearly is not the case. That guy is pretty clueless though.

**flash** · 30th October 2005, 21:47

ha, ha,ha... the funny this is that was ME on my dads account

(so dont dis him he knows a shit loads about bikes)
i wrote that a bit wrong, its just that my 2 stroke mx bike dosnt have a battery, at least like a 4 stroke so i judged it off that. its not like it has a big battery though right?
i asked that because i want a 2 stroke 250 but i dont like how you dont get electric starts and stuff, these things run off a battery dont thay?, so why dont two strokes have them if they have a battery?

also im only human (and 16), i dont take auto shop and i ride bikes.... but my dad fixes them

case closed

, unless your answering a question

**Ixion** · 30th October 2005, 21:49

My two stroke (well, one of them) has a honking big battery and a (rather feeble) electric start. Tis a bit bigger than 250cc though.

**gamgee** · 30th October 2005, 21:53

spark plugs need a battery to create the spark...

**Ixion** · 30th October 2005, 21:56

No they don't . Lots of bikes have a magneto. No battery. Used to be ALL bikes had magnetos. Very good it was too. Now only some, cos of silly regulations in the USA and such like. But you don't need a battery for sparks. Even without a magneto you can often ditch the battery if you fit a big capacitor (still need the alternator, but)

**flash** · 30th October 2005, 21:58

Originally Posted by gamgee

spark plugs need a battery to create the spark...

really?, i thought it would be like a lighter?. so on my mx bike, is there a little battey in the black box (forgot the name for it).

so could you wire up a push start and alam system on these batteries? (small, light two strokes)

**gamgee** · 30th October 2005, 22:03

Originally Posted by Ixion

No they don't . Lots of bikes have a magneto. No battery. Used to be ALL bikes had magnetos. Very good it was too. Now only some, cos of silly regulations in the USA and such like. But you don't need a battery for sparks. Even without a magneto you can often ditch the battery if you fit a big capacitor (still need the alternator, but)

oh yeah but that thar be which craft hoodoo and is nar to be mentioned again

but seriously what is a magneto, i can understand how a capacitor could be used quite effectively, but yeah how is a magneto different to a capacitor?

**avgas** · 30th October 2005, 22:08

Electric start 2 strokes are for pussies.
They should fire first kick (or second if you forget to turn on the fuel).
If you spend anymore that 3 kicks on it something is out of wack

**Ixion** · 30th October 2005, 22:27

Here ya go. The Lucas K2F mag, most reliable bit of electramcal gubbins I've ever encountered. And a flywheel magneto as fitted to the BSA Bantam . Invention of the devil (Ever wonder incidentally how motor mowers and chainsawa manage to spark their plugs without a battery)