help..ex bantam rider..

neilab · Post by **neilab** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:22 am

ignition switch..on..off.ok.......whats. E

cbranni · Post by **cbranni** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:36 am

E is the emergency start postion when the battery is flat, never worked for me in the 60s and doesn't work for me now
Colin

bigwol · Post by **bigwol** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 8:48 am

Never worked for me either. Now that is, I was too young to have owned a bike in the 60's!

neilab · Post by **neilab** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:43 am

so duz that mean it has to have charged battery...????

dogwheel · Post by **dogwheel** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:20 am

Back "in the day!" I had a pal with a coil ignition (BSA 250sv, I think) bike, when the battery was flat--often--- he would select the "E" position and we 'd give him a long hard push start, or run him down a decent hill, and it would start, but never on the kickstart!

SideValve · Post by **SideValve** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:22 am

Nope, it means if your battery is dead it will run straight off the alternator. Works a treat on mine :¬)
Best not to run it like it for too long though as effectively chucks too much current through.

Janet · Post by **Janet** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:36 pm

It works on mine, too. I believe the instructions are not to run it for more than a few minutes on this setting but it is good to charge up a battery enough for normal starting afterwards.

BigAl350 · Post by **BigAl350** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:55 pm

Works well on all my Lightweights too, and has saved my bacon on a couple of occasions - like last winter (snow, etc, AJS Model 8 used throughout all that, chugged up hill and back again day after day) when I left the lights on at work...

It's one reason I keep the splendid 6V electrics!

Al

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It works on mine, too. I believe the instructions are not to run it for more than a few minutes on this setting but it is good to charge up a battery enough for normal starting afterwards.

Rob Harknett · Post by **Rob Harknett** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 1:09 pm

Works on mine too.
The those that want to be sneaky, fit a kill button, push on push off type, fitted in the headlamp shell at the bottom.

bigwol · Post by **bigwol** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:33 pm

Might be because my twin is converted to 12v? When i'm working on it in that area next i'll check out the connections etc but so far a dead battery has meant a jump start or recharge for me, no difference using the emergency setting.