Haynes Techbook - Motorcycle Electrical - 3471

From basic electrical theory to complex electronic systems, this manual meets the needs of the professional and amateur technician

What you can learn

Motorcycle electrical systems made easy:

• All motorcycle electrical equipment fully explained
• Clearly captioned step-by-step pictures show precisely how to perform many tasks
• Aimed at anyone from the professional mechanic to the home DIYer to the Motorcycle engineering student
• Over 600 illustrations

Summary

• Ignition and combustion explained
• Spark plug types and construction
• Ignition: Magnetos, coil and battery, CDI, transistor and digital
• Fuel injection and engine management
• Alternators, DC generators and starters
• Batteries
• Lighting and signaling
• Braking and traction control systems
• Electrical fault finding
• Practical testing and test equipment

Table Of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The complete system
• Chapter 2: Electrical basics
• Chapter 3: Ignition and combustion
• Chapter 4: Ignition: Coil and battery
• Chapter 5: Ignition: Magnetos
• Chapter 6: Ignition: Capacitor Discharge Ignition (CDI)
• Chapter 7: Ignition: Transistor and Digital Ignition
• Chapter 8: Fuel Injection
• Chapter 9: Engine management
• Chapter 10: Spark Plugs
• Chapter 11: Charging: Direct current (dc) generators
• Chapter 12: Charging: Alternators
  Part A: Flywheel alternators
  Part B: Single-phase alternators
  Part C: Three-phase alternators
• Chapter 13: Batteries
• Chapter 14: Lighting and signaling
• Chapter 15: Starter motors
• Chapter 16: Circuits and system components
• Chapter 17: Braking and traction control (ABS and TCS)
• Chapter 18: Testing and Fault finding

Product Detail

• Product Dimensions: 8 ½ by 11 inches
• ISBN-13: 9781857393620
• ISBN-10: 1857393627

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